The association between mentoring and training outcomes in junior doctors in medicine: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine quantitatively if a positive association exists between the mentoring of junior doctors and better training outcomes in postgraduate medical training within the UK.

Design

Observational study.

Participants

117 trainees from the East of England Deanery (non-mentored group) and the recently established Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Mentoring scheme (mentored group) who were core medical trainees (CMTs) between 2015 and 2017 completed an online survey. Trainees who received mentoring at the start of higher specialty training, incomplete responses and trainees who were a part of both the East of England deanery and RCP Mentoring scheme were excluded leaving 85 trainees in the non-mentored arm and 25 trainees in the mentored arm. Responses from a

SUBMITTER: Ong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6157572 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature