HEM 353 - Peer Mentoring in Nursing Education

The aim of this course is to bring mentor students together with their peers (first-year students) in order to help first-year students adapt to university life and the nursing profession, and to train mentor students. 

This course covers Peer Mentoring, Contributions of Peer Mentoring to Nursing, IZU AKRAN Peer Mentoring Program (Mentoring Process), Communication Process (Management), Leadership, Motivation, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Time Management, Critical Thinking, Teamwork, Collaboration, and Career Planning.

1. Akman Yılmaz, A., Soysal, G. E. (2023). Critical Thinking in Nursing. Ankara, Akademisyen Publishing House.
2. Altuntaş, S., Çiçek Korkmaz, A., Harmancı Seren, A. K. (Eds.). (2024). Organizational Behavior in Nursing: Current Approaches and Trends. Ankara, Akademisyen Publishing House.
3. Güğerçin, U. (2018). From Mentoring to Reverse Mentoring. Ankara, Akademisyen Publishing House.
4. Marquis, B. L., Huston, C. Y. (2018). Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing. Trans. Ed. Bahçecik N, Öztürk H. Istanbul, Nobel Medical Bookstores.
5. Tatar Baykal, Ü., Ercan Türkmen, E. (Eds.). (2023). Nursing Management. 2nd Edition, Istanbul, Academy Printing and Publishing.
6th IZU Peer Mentorship Program. https://www.izu.edu.tr/ Access date: September 6, 2025

1. Bahar, A., Kocaçal, E., Maraş, G. B. (2022). Impact of the peer education model on nursing students' anxiety and psychomotor skill performance: A quasi-experimental study. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 25(5), 677-682.
2. Chandrasekera, T., Hosseini, Z., Jayadas, A., Boorady, L. M. (2024). PeTe (peer teaching) mentors: How near peer mentoring (NPM) affects academic success and retention in design education. Innovative Higher Education, 49(5), 975-991.
3. Dilek, B., Başer Kolcu, M. İ., Kolcu, G. (2023). Development of an original peer-supported education program that can be implemented in medical schools based on the motto "If you know, why don't you teach?" Med J SDU, 30(4): 710-717.
4. Dodd, S., Widnall, E., Russell, A. E., Curtin, E. L., Simmonds, R., Limmer, M., Kidger, J. (2022). School-based peer education interventions to improve health: A global systematic review of effectiveness. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 2247.
5. Ercan, F., & Aksu, A. (2022). Mentorship in Education. Pearson Journal, 7(21), 108-133.
6. Güngör, M., Özkütük, N. (2022). The Turkish version of the mentor behavior scale: Validity and reliability study. Medical Education World, 21(65), 65.
7. Kiye, S., Yoncalık, O., & Nazlı, S. (2020). The role of peer mentors in the adaptation process of first-year undergraduate students to university life. Kastamonu Education Journal, 28(6), 2346-2361.
8. Korkmaz, M., & Tek Ayaz, S. (2025). Determining the effect of peer mentoring program applied to nursing students on perceived stress and adaptation to university life: A quasi-experimental study. Educational Academic Research, 57, 23-30.
9. Kuleyin, B., Sağlam, B. B., Ertürk, E., Çetinkaya, V., Özispa, N., Akdaş, O., & Kolcubaşı, G. Y. (2025). The impact of graduate mentoring process on students (mentees) and graduates (mentors) in maritime education: The example of Turkey. Journal of Higher Education, 15(2), 233-245.
10. Şenyuva, E., Kocaağalar Akince, E. (2020). Is peer education an effective method for strengthening nursing education? Journal of Human Sciences, 17(1), 92-103.
11. Tang, Y., Diao, H., Jin, F., Pu, Y., Wang, H. (2022). The effect of peer education based on adolescent health education on the resilience of children and adolescents: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Plos One, 17(2), e0263012.
12. Üstünlüoğlu, E. (2024). Can peer-mentoring be a model for retention in higher education?. Buca Faculty of Education Journal, 59, 747-764.
13. Yalnız, N., & Kaya, H. (2023). Peer assessment in nursing education: A systematic review. Journal of Nursology, 26(4), 307-328.
14. Yılmaz, N., Ateş, F., & Yıldız, E. (2021). The role of peer support in academia. OPUS International Journal of Society Researches, 18(41), 3552-3582.

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Attendance is required for 70% of theoretical hours and 80% of practical hours. Each student must monitor their own attendance. Students who fail to meet the attendance requirement are not eligible to take final or make-up exams.
Students are expected to attend class on time and fulfill their homework and other responsibilities.