Peer-led revision course of the subject ‘Medical Psychology and Sociology’ for preclinical international medical students

Objective International students are confronted with various difficulties in their social and academic life when moving to a new country for their university studies. Different projects have been developed to support international students in facing these difficulties, such as peer-assisted learning tutorials. Our goal was to evaluate preclinical international medical students’ objective improvement of knowledge after attending a 3-day peer-led revision course. Methods The sample consisted of n = 30 international students. The objective improvement of knowledge was quantified by the amount of correct answered questions in the post-test compared to the pre-test. Students were randomly separated into groups, based on which test version, A or B, was written in pre-test. For the comparison between pre- and post-times and between groups, a two-way ANOVA was calculated. Results International students significantly improved their knowledge as shown in the post-test compared to pre-test (F _1,22 = 13.470, p = 0.001). Conclusion International students profited from taking part in a peer-led revision course, through which they improved their knowledge. Peer-led tutorial programs for international students should be implemented further in medical faculties as a way to support these students academically and socially.