Background: There is increasing evidence of the positive effects of mentoring in medical
undergraduate programmes, but as far as we know, no studies on the effects for the mentors …

Background: Mentoring is known to develop professional attributes and facilitate
socialization into a profession. Only a few structured mentoring programmes for medical …

Background: Mentor programmes are becoming increasingly common in undergraduate
education. However, the meaning attached to being a mentor varies significantly. Aim: The …

Mentoring has been used in different health care educational programmes, but the core of
mentorship, ie, facilitating the development of medical students' professional competence …

Background Mentoring has been employed in medical education in recent years, but there is
extensive variation in the published literature concerning the goals of mentoring and the role …

Medical Education 2011: 45: 488–496 Objectives Although mentoring is perceived as key to
a successful and satisfying career in medicine, there is a lack of methodologically sound …

Background Although mentoring is acknowledged as a key to successful and satisfying
careers in medicine, formal mentoring programs for medical students are lacking in most …

Background The aim of mentorship is to build the mentees capacity, enhance their skills and
improve their ability to produce desired outcomes. However, the mentoring relationship is …

Background Current mentorship programmes in the UK tend to focus predominantly on
junior medical students; however, final‐year medical students may encounter significant …

Background: Mentoring is widely used in medicine and is an established means of
professional development. We have all been mentored, knowingly or otherwise at some …