Table 1 Faculty mentorship in students with and without informal mentors
From: The medical students’ perspective of faculty and informal mentors: a questionnaire study
Informal group | Faculty group | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
58 % (54) | 42 % (39) | |||
Students age (N = 82) | Mean (SD) | 27.6 (4.1) | 27.2 (3.6) | 0.70 |
Students gender (N = 91) | Men | 46 % (25) | 38 % (14) | 0.42 |
Women | 54 % (29) | 62 % (23) | ||
In-person meeting w/ faculty mentor (N = 82) | Mean (SD) | 1.8 (1.8) | 2.4 (2.0) | 0.18 |
Faculty mentors’ discipline (N = 91) | Family Med | 19 % (10) | 29 % (11) | 0.26 |
Royal College | 81 % (43) | 71 % (27) | ||
Topics Discussed with Faculty Mentor | ||||
Academic (N = 93) | Yes | 24 % (13) | 38 % (15) | 0.14 |
No | 76 % (41) | 62 % (24) | ||
Career planning (N = 89) | Yes | 87 % (46) | 78 % (28) | 0.27 |
No | 13 % (7) | 22 % (8) | ||
Professional Development (N = 89) | Yes | 11 % (6) | 14 % (5) | 0.72 |
No | 89 % (47) | 86 % (31) | ||
Personal (N = 89) | Yes | 47 % (25) | 58 % (21) | 0.30 |
No | 53 % (28) | 42 % (15) | ||
Demonstrated Attributes of Faculty Mentor (N = 78) | ||||
General interest in the students | Yes | 47 % (22) | 71 % (22) | 0.035 |
No | 53 % (25) | 29 % (9) | ||
Similar personal characteristics | Yes | 45 % (21) | 39 % (12) | 0.60 |
No | 55 % (26) | 61 % (19) | ||
Good communication skills | Yes | 53 % (25) | 55 % (17) | 0.89 |
No | 47 % (22) | 45 % (14) | ||
Work-life balance | Yes | 36 % (17) | 35 % (11) | 0.95 |
No | 64 % (30) | 65 % (20) | ||