Introduction.

Peer tutoring offers a valuable experience to generate strategies to improve learning. The aim was to demonstrate the importance of the peer tutorial support at the Medical School of Austral University of Chile to assist students with unsatisfactory academic performance in the clinical discipline of internal medicine.

Subjects and methods.

12 students from advanced courses were trained to provide academic tutoring to 35 students. Opinion surveys with open and Likert type questions were applied to know the perception of tutors and tutees regarding the tutoring process carried out during 2017 and 2018.

Results.

25 students (71%) and 12 tutors (100%) answered the surveys, revealing a high degree of satisfaction in both groups. Students highlighted the tutor’s performance and felt that the tutoring strengthened their trust. For the tutors it was an enriching experience that helped them in their own learning process.

Conclusions.

The peer tutoring contributes to the acquisition and strengthening of specific and generic competencies, generating new learning. The tutors acquire teaching skills and strengthen competencies for their personal and professional life.

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