TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and Evaluation of a Peer Mentoring Programme for Postgraduate Medical Residents in Pakistan
T2 - A Pilot Study
AU - Haider, Sonia Ijaz
AU - Riaz, Qamar
AU - Bari, Muhammad Furqan
PY - 2023/11/1
Y1 - 2023/11/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To develop, implement, and evaluate the impact of one-year peer mentoring programme for postgraduate medical residents. STUDY DESIGN: Mixed methods. Place and Duration of the Study: The Aga Khan University, Karachi, from January 2019 to December 2020. METHODOLOGY: A survey was administered to junior residents in Medicine, Paediatrics, Pathology, and Radiology residency programmes to identify their academic needs from January 2019 to December 2020. Final-year residents, who served as peer mentors were provided a one-day mentoring workshop, including details of the identified needs. This was followed by one-year intervention in which mentors-mentees met as per mutual feasibility. A structured survey and focus group discussions were conducted to inquire the effectiveness of mentoring. RESULTS: A total of 33 out of 52 (63%) Year 1 residents completed needs analysis survey. Four essential identified areas were research (63%), memory (59%), reading (55%), and time management (53%). Residents reported excelling in areas of research, memory and reading, however, time management needed improvement. Focus group discussions emphasised mentoring as mandatory, including the wide range of skills. CONCLUSION: Senior residents should be trained as mentors of juniors, and semi-structured formal and informal mentoring can be implemented across all residency programmes. KEY WORDS: Mentoring, Residents, Postgraduate, Medical trainees.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To develop, implement, and evaluate the impact of one-year peer mentoring programme for postgraduate medical residents. STUDY DESIGN: Mixed methods. Place and Duration of the Study: The Aga Khan University, Karachi, from January 2019 to December 2020. METHODOLOGY: A survey was administered to junior residents in Medicine, Paediatrics, Pathology, and Radiology residency programmes to identify their academic needs from January 2019 to December 2020. Final-year residents, who served as peer mentors were provided a one-day mentoring workshop, including details of the identified needs. This was followed by one-year intervention in which mentors-mentees met as per mutual feasibility. A structured survey and focus group discussions were conducted to inquire the effectiveness of mentoring. RESULTS: A total of 33 out of 52 (63%) Year 1 residents completed needs analysis survey. Four essential identified areas were research (63%), memory (59%), reading (55%), and time management (53%). Residents reported excelling in areas of research, memory and reading, however, time management needed improvement. Focus group discussions emphasised mentoring as mandatory, including the wide range of skills. CONCLUSION: Senior residents should be trained as mentors of juniors, and semi-structured formal and informal mentoring can be implemented across all residency programmes. KEY WORDS: Mentoring, Residents, Postgraduate, Medical trainees.
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U2 - 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.11.1305
DO - 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.11.1305
M3 - Article
C2 - 37926886
AN - SCOPUS:85176315342
SN - 1022-386X
VL - 33
SP - 1305
EP - 1309
JO - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
JF - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
IS - 11
ER -