Perception of mentoring behaviours among USM medical students

INTRODUCTION: Educators around the globe have agreed that effective mentoring relationships have been proven to promote personal and professional growth of future doctors. These relationships are affected by multiple factors. Unfortunately, there is lacking of evidence to support the effectivenes...

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Main Author:	Mohammad, Jamilah Al-Muhammady
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	R Medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/41911/1/Dr._Jamilah-24_pages.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.419112019-04-12T05:25:32Z Perception of mentoring behaviours among USM medical students 2016 Mohammad, Jamilah Al-Muhammady R Medicine INTRODUCTION: Educators around the globe have agreed that effective mentoring relationships have been proven to promote personal and professional growth of future doctors. These relationships are affected by multiple factors. Unfortunately, there is lacking of evidence to support the effectiveness of mentoring practice in USM medical school. From that notion, this study aimed to evaluate the mentoring behaviours of mentors in USM medical school. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 632 second to fifth year medical students. The mentoring behaviours were measured by the Mentor Behavior Scale (MBS) and rated by the medical students. The MBS measures four aspects of mentoring behaviour that include mentoring relationship structure, engagement, autonomy support and competency support. Each aspect was interpreted as positive areas, room for improvements, and areas of concern. Data analysis was performed by SPSS version 22. RESULTS: A total of 508 (80.4%) respondents participated in the study. The global supportive mentoring behaviour was perceived as areas for improvements as indicated by mean score of in between 45 – 59. The mentoring relationship structure [Mean (SD) = 28.44 (7.46)], engagement [Mean (SD) = 6.76 (2.12)], and competency support [Mean (SD) = 10.51 (3.10)] were perceived as areas for improvement as well. The autonomy support [Mean (SD) = 5.85 (1.68)] was perceived as an area of concern. Race, mode of mentor selection, year of study, frequency of meeting and duration of meeting significantly affecting the mentoring behaviours. Mentoring behaviours were not associated with gender and entry qualification. CONCLUSION: The mentoring behaviours of mentors in USM medical school were perceived by students as acceptable yet there were rooms for improvements. However, further inspection is required to explore reasons for low perception towards the autonomy support. In addition, several factors should be considered to enhance the quality of mentoring system in the medical school. 2016 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/41911/ http://eprints.usm.my/41911/1/Dr._Jamilah-24_pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
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spellingShingle	R Medicine Mohammad, Jamilah Al-Muhammady Perception of mentoring behaviours among USM medical students
description	INTRODUCTION: Educators around the globe have agreed that effective mentoring relationships have been proven to promote personal and professional growth of future doctors. These relationships are affected by multiple factors. Unfortunately, there is lacking of evidence to support the effectiveness of mentoring practice in USM medical school. From that notion, this study aimed to evaluate the mentoring behaviours of mentors in USM medical school. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 632 second to fifth year medical students. The mentoring behaviours were measured by the Mentor Behavior Scale (MBS) and rated by the medical students. The MBS measures four aspects of mentoring behaviour that include mentoring relationship structure, engagement, autonomy support and competency support. Each aspect was interpreted as positive areas, room for improvements, and areas of concern. Data analysis was performed by SPSS version 22. RESULTS: A total of 508 (80.4%) respondents participated in the study. The global supportive mentoring behaviour was perceived as areas for improvements as indicated by mean score of in between 45 – 59. The mentoring relationship structure [Mean (SD) = 28.44 (7.46)], engagement [Mean (SD) = 6.76 (2.12)], and competency support [Mean (SD) = 10.51 (3.10)] were perceived as areas for improvement as well. The autonomy support [Mean (SD) = 5.85 (1.68)] was perceived as an area of concern. Race, mode of mentor selection, year of study, frequency of meeting and duration of meeting significantly affecting the mentoring behaviours. Mentoring behaviours were not associated with gender and entry qualification. CONCLUSION: The mentoring behaviours of mentors in USM medical school were perceived by students as acceptable yet there were rooms for improvements. However, further inspection is required to explore reasons for low perception towards the autonomy support. In addition, several factors should be considered to enhance the quality of mentoring system in the medical school.
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author	Mohammad, Jamilah Al-Muhammady
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title	Perception of mentoring behaviours among USM medical students
title_short	Perception of mentoring behaviours among USM medical students
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