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Table 4 Predisposing factors to ethical issues found in grey literature and non-research-based pieces

From: A systematic scoping review of ethical issues in mentoring in medical schools

Level of Mentorship Process

Predisposing Factors Leading to Ethical Issues

Individual Mentor/Mentee

• Mentor’s Lack of Experience [50, 51, 56]

Mentoring Relationship

• Personality Conflicts [46, 50, 55, 56]

• Mentee’s Over-dependence on Mentor [51]

• Minimal Quality Interaction with Mentor [56]

• Generational Differences between Mentee and Mentor [55]