Objectives:

In this study our aim was to evaluate the clinical skills peer training workshop in the First National Student Congress in Yeditepe University Medical School.

Methods:

The clinical skills training workshop included the studies of third year medical students through out the year. These are nasogastric catheter insertion, bladder catheterisation, starting an intravenous infusion and intramuscular injection. The participation rate of the workshop was 25% (40 students out of 160). The third year medical students participated in training of the other students and shared their knowledge and skills using the manniquins (Peer education). Each student answered a pretest before the demonstration and a post test after the presentation of the subject.

Results:

In the pretest, the highest score was obtained from the questions which evaluated Foley catheter insertion skill (80%) and the lowest score was obtained from the questions which evaluated the intravenous injection skill (%47). In the posttest we determined a statistically significant difference between two group mean scores (p<0.05).

Conclusions:

The clinical skills peer training workshop in the First National Student Congress at Yeditepe University Medical School was a very useful experience for the medical students who had an oppurtunity to share their knowledge and skills. The workshop made a difference and contributed to the students who had not find chance to get such a training yet.

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