Open AccessMentorship – Propitious Methodology to Improve Low Performers
Author(s) -
Desi Vidya Sripad,
Gautam Nichenametla,
Naga Guhan,
Joy A Ghoshal,
Amudharaj Dharmalingam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of pharmaceutical sciences review and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0976-044X
DOI - 10.47583/ijpsrr.2021.v69i02.024
Subject(s) - mentorship , likert scale , medical education , psychology , test (biology) , lottery , medicine , mathematics , biology , statistics , paleontology , developmental psychology
Mentorship program have a wide array of benefits which imparts an important role in reversing the decline of academics and helpsin understanding the challenges encountered. The main objectives of the MP are 1) To address the student’s problematic areas andidentify sectors where they need more support. 2) To provide immediate support network to the Low performers and establish small group mentoring program which was based on performance basis. A total of 50 students and 28 faculty were involved in the study. All the 50 students were allotted mentor, in a lottery basis picked by the students, with the mentor to mentee ratio of 1:2. The marks obtained in Mid Term 1 exam was taken as baseline and compared with subsequent exam marks to identify the effectiveness of mentorship program. Further, at the end of terminal exam, 13 students were identified as low performers and were given an extra focused care other than regular mentoring. At the end of the 1st year MBBS, a preformed questionnaire with four Likert scale was taken to understand the effectiveness of mentorship. The marks were expressed in mean ± SD. The marks between the exams were compared using Paired t Test. SPSS 26.0 was used for all statistical procedures. Among the low performers, the comparative improvement in the marks between Terminal and Mid Term II was 18% in Anatomy(p<0.000), 9% in Physiology (p<0.005) and 8% in Biochemistry(p<0.01). Further the comparative improvement in the marks between Mid Term II and Final Professional exams was 5% in Anatomy(p<0.029), 5% in Physiology and 11% in Biochemistry(p<0.001). In addition, analysis of students feedback revealed that 38% of the students have agreed and 54% of them have strongly agreed that mentorship program was effective and beneficial to them. Mentorship Program should be a part of the academic plan and should be implemented in all medical Colleges to bring out efficient Doctors and prevent dropouts of medicos. Students with effective mentors as role