title: Qualities of a psychiatric mentor: a quantitative Singaporean survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Psychiatric mentors are an important part of the new, seamless training program in Singapore. There is a need to assess the qualities of a good psychiatric mentor vis-à-vis those of a good psychiatrist.
  
  
  METHODS
  An anonymous survey was sent out to all psychiatry trainees and psychiatrists in Singapore to assess quantitatively the relative importance of 40 qualities for a good psychiatrist and a good mentor.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate was 48.7% (74/152). Factor analysis showed four themes among the qualities assessed (professional, personal values, relationship, academic-executive). A good mentor is defined by professional, relationship, and personal-values qualities. Mentors have significantly higher scores than psychiatrists for two themes (relationship and academic-executive).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Being a good mentor, in Asia, means being a good psychiatrist first and foremost but also requires additional relationship and academic-executive skills. Mentors should be formally trained in these additional skills that were not part of the psychiatric curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Psychiatry, Singapore General Hospital. trphernchern@gmail.com
authors.forename: Phern-Chern
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Tor
authors.forename: Lee-Gan
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: Yong-Guan
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Ang
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Rasaiah-Munidasa
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Winslow
authors.forename: Beng-Yeong
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Sze-Tai
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Tse-Pin
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Ee-Heok
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D012846:Singapore; D012945:Social Values