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Table 2 Rating of faculty and informal mentors by the undergraduate medical students

From: The medical students’ perspective of faculty and informal mentors: a questionnaire study

5-item Likert scale

Group #1

Group #2

Group #3

5-item Likert scale

Group #1

Group #2

Group #3

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

A) Mentor had similar career interests

B) Mentor influenced my career choice

 Strongly agree (5)

3 (7.7 %)

2 (3.9 %)

24 (45.3 %)

 Strongly agree (5)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

24 (45.3 %)

 Agree (4)

6 (15.4 %)

6 (11.8 %)

24 (45.3 %)

 Agree (4)

2 (5.1 %)

5 (10.2 %)

23 (43.4 %)

 Neutral (3)

9 (23.1 %)

14 (27.5 %)

2 (3.8 %)

 Neutral (3)

14 (35.9 %)

17 (34.7 %)

4 (7.5 %)

 Disagree (2)

10 (25.6 %)

18 (35.3 %)

2 (3.8 %)

 Disagree (2)

15 (38.5 %)

17 (34.7 %)

2 (3.8 %)

 Strongly disagree (1)

11 (28.2 %)

11 (21.6 %)

1 (1.9 %)

 Strongly disagree (1)

8 (20.5 %)

8 (16.3 %)

0 (0.0 %)

 N

39

51

53

 N

39

49

53

 Mean (SD)

2.49 (1.27)

2.41 (1.08)

4.28 (0.86)

 Mean (SD)

2.26 (0.85)

2.35 (0.93)

4.3 (0.77)

 Mode

1

2

4, 5

 Mode

2

2, 3

5

 Median

2

2

4

 Median

2

2

4

 Groups #1 vs #2

0.90 (U value = 1010.5)

 Groups #1 vs #2

0.67 (U value = 907.5)

 Groups #1 vs #3

<0.0001 (U value = 1784.5)

 Groups #1 vs #3

<0.0001 (U value = 106)

 Groups #2 vs #3

<0.0001 (U value = 2294)

 Groups #2 vs #3

<0.0001 (U value = 172.5)

C) Mentor was accessible

D) Mentor was personally interested

 Strongly agree (5)

6 (15.4 %)

4 (7.8 %)

21 (39.6 %)

 Strongly agree (5)

9 (23.1 %)

4 (8.0 %)

26 (49.1 %)

 Agree (4)

17 (43.6 %)

23 (45.1 %)

30 (56.6 %)

 Agree (4)

11 (28.2 %)

23 (46.0 %)

27 (50.9 %)

 Neutral (3)

9 (23.1 %)

17 (33.3 %)

2 (3.8 %)

 Neutral (3)

8 (20.5 %)

20 (40.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

 Disagree (2)

5 (12.8 %)

6 (11.8 %)

0 (0.0 %)

 Disagree (2)

9 (23.1 %)

2 (4.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

 Strongly disagree (1)

2 (5.1 %)

1 (2.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

 Strongly disagree (1)

2 (5.1 %)

1 (2.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

 N

39

51

53

 N

39

50

53

 Mean (SD)

3.51 (1.07)

3.45 (0.88)

4.36 (0.56)

 Mean (SD)

3.41 (1.23)

3.54 (0.79)

4.49 (0.5)

 Mode

4

4

4

 Mode

4

4

4

 Median

4

4

4

 Median

4

4

4

 Groups #1 vs #2

0.59 (U value = 1058)

 Groups #1 vs #2

0.73 (U value = 934.5)

 Groups #1 vs #3

<0.0001 (U value = 553)

 Groups #1 vs #3

<0.0001 (U value = 508.5)

 Groups #2 vs #3

<0.0001 (U value = 578)

 Groups #2 vs #3

<0.0001 (U value = 470.5)

  1. Group 1: Rating of faculty mentors by the students in the faculty group (those without informal mentors)
  2. Group 2: Rating of faculty mentors by the students in the informal group (those with informal mentors)
  3. Group 3: Rating of informal mentors by the students in the informal group
  4. P-values were calculated using Mann Whitney test