the effect of peer education on learning vaccination principles among nursing students of shiraz university of medical sciences

Background: peer education is one of the active teaching methods and is rarely used in clinical settings, especially in nursing. objectives: this study aimed to investigate the effects of peer assisted learning (pal) on learning the principles of vaccination in nursing students. methods: this quasi-experimental study was performed on 79 (intervention group n=43, control group n=36) nursing students. in the intervention group, seven peer instructors taught the principles of vaccination in two one-hour sessions to other students. the control group received routine education. data were collected using a questionnaire. results: the findings showed that among the students, 43% (n=34) were male and 57% (n=45) were female participants. the difference between the intervention and control groups was significant after the intervention (p<0.001). besides, the comparison of the average score of the checklist between the two groups showed significant differences (p<0.001). conclusion: the results of this study showed the positive impact of pal on clinical education as well as its reliability and benefits for nursing students.