Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2021 Jun 01; 9(T3):481-484. 481 Scientifc Foundation SPIROSKI, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2021 Jun 01; 9(E):481-484. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.5999 eISSN: 1857-9655 Category: E - Public Health Section: Public Health Education and Training The Efect of Peer Tutor Model on Antenatal Care Skill Competencies in Learning Laboratory Skills for Students of Langsa Midwifery Study Program Meliani Sukmadewi Harahap 1 *, Alchalidi Alchalidi 1 , Baharuddin Baharuddin 2 , Nurlaili Ramli 3 1 Department of Midwifery, Ministry of Health Polytechnic of Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia; 2 Department of Nursing, Polytechnic of Health, Ministry of Health, Aceh, Indonesia; 3 Department of Midwifery, Polytechnic of Health, Ministry of Health, Aceh, Indonesia Abstract BACKGROUND: Peer-assisted learning is a student-centered learning method that involves discussions between friends or seniors as teachers and participants as being taught. Realize optimal education; it is necessary to choose the peer tutorial method to increase antenatal care (ANC) skills in laboratory skills. AIM: This study aims to determine the efect of the learning peer tutor model for laboratory skills on the competence of ANC skills in the Langsa Midwifery Study Program’s frst-level students. METHODS: This study used a pre-experimental approach with a one-group pretest-posttest design without a control group. The population used in this study were all Level I Midwifery Students of Langsa City who occupied the 2 nd semester. This study’s sample was taken by purposive sampling as many as 45 respondents – data analysis using bivariate analysis. RESULTS: The results showed an efect of the peer tutor method on ANC skills’ competence before and after learning laboratory skills as evidenced by a statistical test with a value (p < 0.05), namely, 0.047 < 0.05. The results also showed diferences in students’ competence before and after the peer tutoring method was carried out in laboratory skills learning, as evidenced by the results of statistical tests with p < 0.05, namely, 0.000 < 0.05. Peer tutor method learning efectively increases ANC skill competencies in learning laboratory skills for midwifery study students. CONCLUSION: Peer tutor model efective in improving ANC skills competency in skill learning for midwifery study students. Edited by: Sasho Stoleski Citation: Harahap MS, Magfrah M, Alchalidi A, Baharuddin B, Ramli N. The Efect of Peer Tutor Model on Antenatal Care Skill Competencies in Learning Laboratory Skills for Students of Langsa Midwifery Study Program. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2021 Jun 01; 9(E):481-484. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.5999 Keywords: Peer tutor model; Antenatal care; Skill competencies *Correspondence: Meliani Sukmadewi Harahap, Department of Midwifery, Ministry of Health Polytechnic of Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia. E-mail: mellisukmadewi.h@poltekkesaceh.ac.id Received: 10-Mar-2021 Revised: 24-Apr-2021 Accepted: 06-May-2021 Copyright: © 2021 Meliani Sukmadewi Harahap, Alchalidi Alchalidi, Baharuddin Baharuddin, Nurlaili Ramli Funding: This research did not receive any fnancial support Competing Interest: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists Open Access: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) Introduction Mortality and morbidity in pregnant and childbirth women are a big problem in Indonesia. As much as, 25–50% of deaths of women of childbearing age are related to pregnancy. Data from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemenkes) in 2015 show that out of 100,000 live births in Indonesia, 305 of them ended in the mother’s death [1]. The high maternal mortality rate (MMR) has prompted the government to carry out structural interventions. One of them is to include the target for MMR reduction in the 2014–2019 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN). In the 2014–2019 RPJMN, the government targets a reduction in MMR from 205/100,000 births to 276/100,000 live births. To reduce the MMR and infant mortality rate, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the making pregnancy safer strategy and put safe mother hood (SMH) as the top priority. One of the SMH programs is the ante natal care (ANC) service. ANC is a prenatal examination skill that begins with preventing pregnancy complications, and if complications occur, they must be detected early. Pregnancy examination skills are skills that a general practitioner must possess and are learned from when students are at the academic or preclinical level. The WHO has identifed that efective collaboration between health professionals plays an essential role in preparing and providing health workers with the ability to respond to local health needs and provide a strengthened health system [2]. Realize optimal education and learning applied, it is necessary to choose a better learning method. The implementation of health education learning activities can improve patient safety through increased skills, collaboration, and communication between health teams [3], [4]. ANC skills are currently one of the laboratory skills in the midwifery care course, which is used to evaluate the professional competence of health workers such as knowledge evaluation, communication skills, physical examination, diagnostics, and behavioral assessment, and interpersonal skills. ANC skills are expected to be realized with peer tutor learning models. The peer tutor learning model is an alternative that can be applied in the teaching and learning process. In the past few