Avaliação da implantação de um programa de mentoring em uma faculdade de medicina do interior de São Paulo

Abstract

Mentoring is a support / complementary strategy / tool in student training. Objective: To evaluate the process of implementing the Mentoring program in a medical course at a private institution. The term is used to designate institutional programs in which a mentor (older and more experienced professional) will assist a student, graduate or recent graduate who will be “in their care”, accompanying their training and assisting in aspects that go beyond formal academic content, including personal life, experiences and expectations regarding the course and profession, difficulties in adapting, transition from adolescence to adulthood, etc. Method: Cross-sectional, descriptive study, with a convenience sample, with quantitative and qualitative analysis. Mentors (teachers participating in the program) and students participated in the study, both those who participated in the program and those who did not, answering a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: The qualitative analysis of the data was carried out in an integrated manner with the responses of the participating students and mentors. The following categories were identified: Bond, Exposure of feelings / self-disclosure, reverse mentoring, space for integration, difficulties in organizing and opening hours, difficulty in leading the dynamics of groups and abhorred themes, difficulty in integration among group members. Conclusion: it was possible to verify that the implementation of the institutional mentoring program was satisfactory, obtaining a good assessment of the mentors' performance, the functioning of the groups and the perception of points to be worked on and improved. As perspectives for future work, time management and linking skills are aspects to be studied. The longitudinal monitoring of students and alumni may also contribute to the verification of the effectiveness of mentoring as a tool in medical training.