Abstract
Background: Mentoring implies a 2-way relationship between the mentor and the mentee. A successful partnership can
lead to the professional development of both individuals. Although the significance of mentoring programs has been
realized in the developing countries, its role in the holistic development of our students is still not given its due importance.
There are important questions to be answered; who should be a mentor? What are the qualities students look for in an
ideal mentor? These gaps in research are especially significant in our part of the world, where robust mentoring systems
have yet to be established.
Objective: To compare the perceptions of our faculty and students regarding the qualities of an ideal mentor as measured
by Ideal Mentor Scale (IMS).
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Place and Duration ofStudy: At Pakistan Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan duringJuIy 2013 to August 2013.
Materials and Methods: Seventy participants (faculty members:26, students:44) participated in the survey using the
"Ideal Mentor Scale" (Gail Rose, The University of Iowa, 1999) to identifythe relative importance of integrity, guidance and
relationship in a potential mentor using a 5-point rating scale.
Results: Integrity (average sum of means: 58) was considered to be the most important attribute of an ideal mentor
followed by guidance (40) and relationship (35) by all the participants (undergraduate: postgraduate: faculty member).
However, in the scale of relationship the undergraduate students gave higher score than the postgraduates and faculty
members (3.8:3.5:3.3).
Conclusion: Successful mentoring most importantly requires a mentor who can be emulated as a role model due to his/her
principled behavior and integrity.
Shamsunnisa Sadia, Rehan Ahmed Khan, Raazia Rauf, Asma Shaheen, Fareesa Waqar. (2014) Ideal Mentor- Perceptions of Faculty and Students, Journal of Islamic International Medical College, Volume-9, Issue-1.
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