title: [An extensive mentoring program for undergraduate medical students: goals, design and realization].
abstract: In this paper, the design and implementation of an institutional mentoring program for undergraduate medical students at the Medical University of Vienna are presented. Faculty members act as senior mentors in a small group setting enabling also peer mentoring (73.6% of mentees reporting a direct benefit from their co-mentees). Program acceptance by mentees and mentors is very high (71.7% of the mentees and 77.1% of the mentors giving the highest out of four rating categories). The adequacy of this program was studied by analyzing the topics discussed in the mentoring groups: the most frequently covered aspects are diploma thesis, clinical clerkship, studying abroad and career planning. Additionally, sex-specific distributions of mentor recruitment and selection as well as participation by students were documented (e.g., female proportion of 29.9% and 53.2% of mentors and mentees, respectively). Both feedback and content analysis demonstrate the success of this large-scale project.
authors: Department für Medizinische Aus- und Weiterbildung, Curriculumdirektion Humanmedizin, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich.
authors: Angelika
authors: A
authors: Hofhansl
authors: Günther F
authors: GF
authors: Körmöczi
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001317:Austria; D002321:Career Choice; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires