Disclosures: Cecilia Cordova Vallejos, MD: No financial relationships or conflicts of interest

Objective: To assess the impact of resident-to-resident teaching (RRT) on resident perceived educational benefits. To provide a self-sustained platform for residents to present their own didactics. To contribute to enhanced performance on the Self-Assessment Exam (SAE) and ABPMR Part I Examination.

Design: Bi-weekly, resident-led, one-hour didactic sessions, supervised by faculty. Session could include: interactive high-yield board-review questions, problem-based-learning (PBL) scenarios, clinical-case-videos, and other activities. Satisfaction survey consistent of 5 questions, with 5-point Likert scale answers, after each session.Setting : PM&R Program Curriculum didacticsParticipants : PM&R Residents

Interventions: 9 resident-led didactic sessions of varied formats, which included: Interactive online platform “Kahoot!®” for high-yield questions review, Problem Based learning (PBL), Interactive step-wise approaches to clinical cases with videos/audios.

Main Outcome Measures: Post-session surveys to residents evaluating satisfaction and perceived educational benefit.

Results: Total data for all sessions was compiled and averaged: 8 residents were involved in leading interventions. 17 residents participated, on average, in each session. On average, 41% of residents completed post-session surveys. Average of 85% responded Excellent or Very Good regarding sessions quality. Average of 88% responded Excellently Organized or Very Organized regarding content organization. Average of 92% responded Strongly Agree or Agree regarding learning efficacy. Average of 83% responded About Right regarding session length. Average of 91% responded Strongly Agree or Agree regarding making RRT a routine part of didactics. Pending comparative analyses of SAE and ABPMR Board performance.Conclusions: RRT resulted in enhanced educational engagement through interactive sessions and use of alternative platforms, as well as unique, peer-to-peer perspective on approaches to didactic materials. Our project suggests that integration of RRT into regular didactic curricula may contribute to improved learning experience and resident participation, and potentially improve specialty-exams academic outcomes.

Level of Evidence: Level V

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