From: The medical students’ perspective of faculty and informal mentors: a questionnaire study
Faculty mentor | Informal mentor | P-value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 53) | (N = 51) | |||
Mentor discipline | Family Med | 19 % (10) | 39 % (20) | 0.026 |
Royal College | 81 % (43) | 61 % (31) | ||
Topics discussed with Mentor | (N = 53) | (N = 52) | ||
Academic | Yes | 24 % (13) | 50 % (26) | 0.0057 |
No | 76 % (41) | 50 % (26) | ||
Career planning | Yes | 87 % (46) | 96 % (50) | 0.087 |
No | 13 % (7) | 4 % (2) | ||
Professional Development | Yes | 11 % (6) | 62 % (32) | <0.0001 |
No | 89 % (47) | 39 % (20) | ||
Personal | Yes | 47 % (25) | 88 % (46) | <0.0001 |
No | 53 % (28) | 12 % (6) | ||
Mentors demonstrated following attributes | (N = 47) | (N = 53) | ||
General interest in the students | Yes | 47 % (22) | 100 % (53) | NA |
No | 53 % (25) | 0 % (0) | ||
Similar personal characteristics | Yes | 45 % (21) | 72 % (38) | 0.0081 |
No | 55 % (26) | 28 % (15) | ||
Good communication skills | Yes | 53 % (25) | 70 % (37) | 0.088 |
No | 47 % (22) | 30 % (16) | ||
Work-life balance | Yes | 36 % (17) | 70 % (37) | <0.001 |
No | 64 % (30) | 30 % (16) |