Knowledge and Attitude of Students Regarding the Formal Mentorship Programme for Medical Education

Abstract

Background: Medical students have a very extensive curriculum and a demanding time period during their undergraduate studies (1-5 years). Research has shown that medical students experience a high level of stress affecting their social, emotional as well as mental health. According to many studies formal mentoring is considered as a key to overcome these problems. Currently Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is deficient in formal mentorship program for medical education, the purpose of this article was to determine the presence of the programme and to establish the basis for formal mentoring with in medical colleges. Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. A total of 300 students, both male and female were selected from two medical colleges on convenient basis. Sample size was determined by the Cochran equation with 95% confidence interval. A closed ended, original questionnaire was developed in English language from valid questionnaires of similar studies conducted in past. Data was analysed using MS Excel and SPSS version 22. Results: Total of 150 Data of 270 (90%) respondents was analysed after drop outs. Among the study participants 114 (42.2%) students had No knowledge about mentoring for medical education; 153 (96.8 %) students responded that mentoring would help in the academic to professional development of the students. Majority of the students (n=152, 96.2 %) respondents stated that there was a strong need of formal mentorship programme in their medical college. Conclusion: Knowledge regarding function and structure of mentorship program among students was below average. However a strong positive attitude to initiate the mentorship Programme was observed among respondents.

Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students Towards Mentoring Program in Kulliyyah of Nursing, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

“…Regardless of the positive effect and advantages, previous studies findings did show that only one third of the respondents said that they have a bit knowledge about mentoring (12) (Abid et al, 2018). While in another study reported that students did not have past mentoring experiences (13).…”

“…Data were collected through an online survey and disseminated using emails and WhatsApp medium platform. These platforms measured the following questionnaire that was adapted and modified from a validated questionnaire used in the study 'Knowledge and Attitude of Students Regarding the Formal Mentorship Programme for Medical Education' (12). This questionnaire consists of three parts; Part A: sociodemographic of the participants which include age, gender, year of study and the interaction of the participants with their mentor.…”