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Perceptions of medical students and their mentors in a specialised programme designed to provide insight into non-traditional career paths

OBJECTIVES: This pilot study explores the perceptions of medical students and their individual mentors who advised them in a specialised programme where students gained insight into non-tradition career paths. METHODS: Twelve medical students in years 3-6 at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden were recrui...

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Autores principales: Asadi, Hedieh, Josephson, Anna, Stenfors-Hayes, Terese
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IJME 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4205514/
http://dx.doi.org/10.5116/ijme.4e27.00bb
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description OBJECTIVES: This pilot study explores the perceptions of medical students and their individual mentors who advised them in a specialised programme where students gained insight into non-tradition career paths. METHODS: Twelve medical students in years 3-6 at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden were recruited to the Prominentia mentor programme where they were individually paired with mentors who met with them to discuss and advise them on non-traditional career paths. Application letters of students to join the programme as well as electronically distributed questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to assess the perceptions of mentors and students to the programme. Both the questionnaire and the interview transcripts were thematised using content analysis. RESULTS: In terms of expectations and requests, the application letters showed that all students specified their career goals and the type of mentor they desired. Whereas mentors in general had fewer requests and some had no specific demands. In light of perceived effects, all mentors felt they discussed future careers with their students and the majority of students responded the same way, with some interesting deviations. Most discussed topics during meetings were: future career, medical education, combinations of private life and work, and work environment. CONCLUSIONS: This pilot study revealed that students appreciated receiving inspiration and seeing career path opportunities outside academic medicine as well as receiving support in personal and professional development and guidance about the students’ role as a doctor. However, discrepancies were found regarding how mentors and students respectively perceived the mentor programme.
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spelling pubmed-42055142014-10-23 Perceptions of medical students and their mentors in a specialised programme designed to provide insight into non-traditional career paths Asadi, Hedieh Josephson, Anna Stenfors-Hayes, Terese Int J Med Educ Research Article OBJECTIVES: This pilot study explores the perceptions of medical students and their individual mentors who advised them in a specialised programme where students gained insight into non-tradition career paths. METHODS: Twelve medical students in years 3-6 at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden were recruited to the Prominentia mentor programme where they were individually paired with mentors who met with them to discuss and advise them on non-traditional career paths. Application letters of students to join the programme as well as electronically distributed questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to assess the perceptions of mentors and students to the programme. Both the questionnaire and the interview transcripts were thematised using content analysis. RESULTS: In terms of expectations and requests, the application letters showed that all students specified their career goals and the type of mentor they desired. Whereas mentors in general had fewer requests and some had no specific demands. In light of perceived effects, all mentors felt they discussed future careers with their students and the majority of students responded the same way, with some interesting deviations. Most discussed topics during meetings were: future career, medical education, combinations of private life and work, and work environment. CONCLUSIONS: This pilot study revealed that students appreciated receiving inspiration and seeing career path opportunities outside academic medicine as well as receiving support in personal and professional development and guidance about the students’ role as a doctor. However, discrepancies were found regarding how mentors and students respectively perceived the mentor programme. IJME 2011-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4205514/ http://dx.doi.org/10.5116/ijme.4e27.00bb Text en Copyright: © 2011 Hedieh Asadi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use of work provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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title_short Perceptions of medical students and their mentors in a specialised programme designed to provide insight into non-traditional career paths
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4205514/
http://dx.doi.org/10.5116/ijme.4e27.00bb
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