Table 3.
Faculty and informal mentorship among students with informal mentors
| Faculty mentor | Informal mentor | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 53) | (N = 51) | |||
| Mentor discipline | Family Med | 19 % (10) | 39 % (20) | 0.026 |
| Royal College | 81 % (43) | 61 % (31) | ||
| Topics discussed with Mentor | (N = 53) | (N = 52) | ||
| Academic | Yes | 24 % (13) | 50 % (26) | 0.0057 |
| No | 76 % (41) | 50 % (26) | ||
| Career planning | Yes | 87 % (46) | 96 % (50) | 0.087 |
| No | 13 % (7) | 4 % (2) | ||
| Professional Development | Yes | 11 % (6) | 62 % (32) | <0.0001 |
| No | 89 % (47) | 39 % (20) | ||
| Personal | Yes | 47 % (25) | 88 % (46) | <0.0001 |
| No | 53 % (28) | 12 % (6) | ||
| Mentors demonstrated following attributes | (N = 47) | (N = 53) | ||
| General interest in the students | Yes | 47 % (22) | 100 % (53) | NA |
| No | 53 % (25) | 0 % (0) | ||
| Similar personal characteristics | Yes | 45 % (21) | 72 % (38) | 0.0081 |
| No | 55 % (26) | 28 % (15) | ||
| Good communication skills | Yes | 53 % (25) | 70 % (37) | 0.088 |
| No | 47 % (22) | 30 % (16) | ||
| Work-life balance | Yes | 36 % (17) | 70 % (37) | <0.001 |
| No | 64 % (30) | 30 % (16) | ||
P-values were calculated using Chi-square or T-test. 54 students reported they had an informal mentor. Some of the analysis contains fewer numbers, as pairwise exclusion was used to handle the missing data. The total number used in each category of analysis is indicated as the parentheses
SD standard deviation, NA not available