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Table 3 Faculty and informal mentorship among students with informal mentors

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)

  1. P-values were calculated using Chi-square or T-test. 54 students reported they had an informal mentor. Some of the analysis contains fewer numbers, as pairwise exclusion was used to handle the missing data. The total number used in each category of analysis is indicated as the parentheses
  2. SD standard deviation, NA not available