Student and faculty perspectives of a faculty-student mentoring programme in a dental school.
Eur J Dent Educ
; 23(2): 184-189, 2019 May.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:
In addition to an established peer mentoring programme, the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Dentistry introduced a faculty-student mentoring programme, the first-year dental student (D1)-Faculty Guide Program, in 2013. The intent of the D1-Guide Program was to provide faculty mentorship for D1 students. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of the programme and identify areas for improvement.METHODS:
Faculty members, D2 and D3 students were surveyed regarding their experiences and perceptions of the D1-Guide Program with a seven question and 12 question survey, respectively, via Survey Monkey® and data were analysed.RESULTS:
The response rate for the students and faculty was 61% and 64%, respectively. The majority of faculty (92%) felt comfortable serving as a guide to the D1 students with 79% of those surveyed having served as a guide for 3 or 4 years. The majority of students (81%) felt that the D1-Guide Program provided mentoring that was not redundant to existing peer mentoring and valuable to their acclimation to dental school.CONCLUSIONS:
Despite adding additional duties for faculty and students, the D1-Guide Program was considered valuable during the student's first year of dental school with encouragement to continue the programme. The programme helped establish a student-faculty rapport beyond the boundaries of the classroom.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Faculdades de Odontologia
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Estudantes de Odontologia
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Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde
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Educação em Odontologia
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Docentes de Odontologia
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Tutoria
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article