Peer mentors
Overview
Peer Mentoring is used across the university to welcome and orientate new students, reduce the isolation that students can feel and provide an environment where a more experienced student can provide guidance to other students.
There are also benefits for student who become mentors such as using and extending people skills and a chance to reflect on their own knowledge and learning needs.
- Peer assisted study sessions Developed specifically for 1st year students more commonly called PASS
- Sir John Monash Mentoring Assists development of leadership skills for eligible students
Mentoring programs across the faculty
1st year student mentoring | Opportunities for students to become a mentor |
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Allied health | final year allied health students to become a mentor for new students |
Biomedical Sciences | become a peer mentor in biomedical sciences |
Nursing and Midwifery | program for nursing and midwifery students to become mentors |
Medicine | become a peer mentor in medicine |