Principled physicians are not born-they are mentored: Medical students perception of the values and need of mentors at the College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia

Kamran Sattar; Hamza Mohammad Abdulghani; Tauseef Ahmad; Jennesse John; Dana Al Dabeeb; Sultan Ayoub Meo

Principled physicians are not born-they are mentored: Medical students perception of the values and need of mentors at the College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia

J Pak Med Assoc. 2017 Aug;67(8):1192-1197.

Authors

Kamran Sattar¹, Hamza Mohammad Abdulghani², Tauseef Ahmad², Jennesse John¹, Dana Al Dabeeb³, Sultan Ayoub Meo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 28839303

Abstract

Objective: To discuss the perception of medical students about mentoring at the medical school.

Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at the King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from April 2015 to April 2016, and comprised medical students. A well-structured, bilingual (English and Arabic) quantitative questionnaire with 21 items was administered online via Google Docs to the students. SPSS 21 was used for data analysis.

Results: Of the 311 students who received the questionnaire, 296(95.17%) completed it. Of them, 257(86.8%) expressed an interest in having a mentor during their medical school career and 276(93.2%) selected the role of their mentor as a "guide". Moreover, 107(36.1%) students agreed that it was "not important at all" that their mentor should be of the same gender.

Conclusions: Participants were interested in having a mentor during their medical school career.

Keywords: Principled physicians, Mentored, Medical students, Perception, Value, Need, Mentors special..

MeSH terms

Attitude
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Mentoring*
Mentors*
Perception
Physicians
Professionalism*
Saudi Arabia
Schools, Medical
Social Values
Students, Medical*
Surveys and Questionnaires