Mentoring programs for medical students - a review of the PubMed literature 2000 - 2008
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...One of the most systematic and relevant reviews of mentorship in medical school covered PubMed-indexed publications from 2000 to 2008 (Frei et al., 2010)....
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...Mentoring programs or medical students is a not a new phenomenon, but to ate it is more common in US medical schools than in urope.(26) However, there is minimal literature on the revalence of formal or informal mentorship, trainee satsfaction with mentorship, and the impact of mentorship n surgeons remaining in training, not to mention the rainee perspective on the need for mentorship....
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...However, unlike teaching, mentoring involves developing a relationship that focuses on achieving specific goals.(3) A mentor is employed to counsel...
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...of a practical skill, personal and professional development, research opportunity, and academic development.(3) Mentors also provide emotional support and counseling, as well as professional help....
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...Eleven papers [1,3,25-33] refer to mentoring for medical students in general, as well as its significance and impact as far as the students' professional development and success are concerned....
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...[1] 2006 Switzerland Systematic review:...
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...These papers are mainly surveys and reports on personal mentoring experiences, while two papers [1,27] are systematic reviews (Table 2)....
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...[1] report on mentoring models and their effect in the long and short term [1]....
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...Although several authors report that mentoring is a key to a successful and satisfying career in medicine [4,9,10], there is a lack of mentoring programs for medical students and doctors in most countries [1]....
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...more important is the prevalence of the attitude among senior faculty members and faculty authorities that an investment in the juniors' careers is vital in medical education [25,29]....
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...Requirements for mentors and mentees Most conceptual and survey papers focus on the qualities required to become an effective mentor [3,25,28,29,32]....
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...[25] provide a conceptual analysis of mentorships, while other authors [3,26,29,32] list tips on how to be an effective mentor and a successful mentee, as well as the advantages and pitfalls of mentoring....
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...There is an absence of recommendations in terms of the contribution students can make to being a successful mentee [29,32]....
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...Eleven papers [1,3,25-33] refer to mentoring for medical students in general, as well as its significance and impact as far as the students' professional development and success are concerned....
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...Results Of the 25 papers that met the four inclusion criteria established, 14 papers [5,12-24] describe formal mentoring programs for medical students, provide information about the goal of the program, the mentoring model used, participants, the nature of program evaluation, and the effects of the program (Table 1)....
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...The mentored students receiving ongoing career advice and counseling were able to give more thought to the decision on their career, and how this could be matched to their interests and abilities [12,15-17,20,23]....
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...[17] 2006 USA To provide career counseling and group support for underrepresented medical students Group- and oneto-one mentoring Mentees, Mentors: younger students...
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...[17] describe the Health Sciences Multicultural and Community Affairs (HS-MACA) Program, a pipeline program targeting students from high school through graduate school which offers special career counseling and mentoring for disadvantaged students (such as female, minority or financially disadvantaged students)....
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...The students involved in mentoring programs also felt better supported at a personal level and rated their overall wellbeing as higher [16,17,21,23,24]....
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...Whereas a tutor, teacher/ educator, coach, or supervisor mainly focuses on promoting and supporting a junior's professional skills, a mentor is an active partner in an ongoing relationship who helps a mentee to maximize his or her potential and to reach personal and professional goals [4]....
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...Although several authors report that mentoring is a key to a successful and satisfying career in medicine [4,9,10], there is a lack of mentoring programs for medical students and doctors in most countries [1]....
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