Near-peer mentoring to complement faculty mentoring of first-year medical students in India / 보건의료교육평가
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
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: 12-2014.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The first year is stressful for new medical students who have to cope with curricular challenges, relocation issues, and separation from family. Mentoring reduces stress and facilitates adaptation. A program for faculty mentoring of first-semester students was initiated by the Medical Education Unit in 2009 at University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi. Feedback after the first year revealed that mentees were reluctant to meet their mentors, some of whom were senior faculty. In the following year, student mentors (near-peers) were recruited to see if that would improve the rate and quality of contact between mentees and mentors.METHODS:
Volunteer faculty (n=52), near-peers (n=57), and new entrants (n=148) admitted in 2010 participated in the ratio of 113. The program aims were explained through an open house meeting, for reinforcement, and another meeting was conducted 5 months later. At year-end, a feedback questionnaire was administered (response rate faculty, 28 [54%]; mentees, 74 [50%]).RESULTS:
Many respondent faculty (27, 96%) and mentees (65, 88%) believed that near-peer mentoring was useful. Compared to the preceding year, the proportion of meetings between faculty mentors and mentees increased from 4.0+/-5.2 to 7.4+/-8.8; mentees who reported benefit increased from 23/78 (33%) to 34/74 (46%). Benefits resulted from mentors' and near-peers' demonstration of concern/support/interaction/counseling (35, 47.3% mentees); 23 mentees (82%) wanted to become near-peers themselves.CONCLUSION:
Near-peer mentoring supplements faculty mentoring of first-year medical students by increasing system effectiveness.
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Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Medicina
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Voluntarios
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Proteínas del Sistema Complemento
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Mentores
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Desarrollo de Programa
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Consejo
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Educación Médica
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India
Límite:
Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
Año:
2014
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