How do mentors perceive and perform their role in a reflection-based mentoring programme for medical students?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore how mentors perceive and perform their role in a longitudinal mentorship programme with the objective of guiding medical students in becoming reflective learners.

Methods

A qualitative exploratory study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 16 mentors from the Ghent University medical education mentoring programme. Participants were selected by purposeful sampling on gender, years of experience and area of specialisation. Interview transcripts were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Afterwards, all transcripts were re-analysed combining the resulting themes to identify different mentoring profiles.

Results

Our analysis yielded three themes. First, the basic conditions for mentorship showed wide differences in competencies t

SUBMITTER: Helewaut F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11687378 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature