Mentor ; Mentee ; Research mentoring program ; Medical student ; University faculty ; Career choice ; Education program development
Abstract
Purpose & Method : To describe medical students need on the mentoring program and relationship with career choice, 186/251 (74 .1 %) of first-and second-year medical students at Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea were surveyed. Result : 66.1% of medical students replied that he/she would volunteer as a mentee in mentoring program. Medical students’ need area in mentoring program was specialty choice(62 .9%), research development(18.8%), adapting to school life(13.9%) and effective learning skill(2.7%), 47.2% of medical students replied that his/her wishful career and working place is university faculty. Medical students who replied that he/she would volunteer as a mentee showed more needs on the research mentoring program(P=0.0112) and faculty career(P=0.0185) than those who replied that he/she would not volunteer as a mentee. Conclusion : For successful implementation of mentoring program, this analysis on medical students’ need should be considered.