Purpose: This study explored the factors that influence mentors in the profession of physiotherapy (PT) in Canada when engaging in a mentorship relationship. Methods: We conducted a quantitative, cross-sectional, Web-based survey. The target population consisted of Canadian physiotherapists who had experience as mentors. We used a modified Dillman approach to disseminate an online questionnaire to members of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and its divisions using their respective e-blasts. We collected data on the nature and extent, facilitators, barriers, and benefits of mentorship and then analyzed them using descriptive statistics. Results: A total of 302 respondents were included in this study. They reported being a mentor to fellow PT colleagues (91%), undergraduate students (85%), graduate students (64%), and inter-professional colleagues (64%). We found that although many factors facilitated the respondents' ability to mentor, barriers to mentorship had minimal impact. Responses also reflected many perceived benefits of mentorship. Conclusions: This study provides novel evidence relating to the experience of mentorship from the perspective of mentors in the profession of PT. It reinforces the literature by highlighting the positive aspects of mentorship, and it underscores the continued need for support from professional associations, institutions, and physiotherapists to improve current mentorship experiences in PT.Key Words: mentorship; survey. RÉ SUMÉObjectif : analyser les facteurs qui influencent les mentors dans la profession de physiothé rapeute au Canada lorsqu'ils s'engagent dans une relation de mentorat. Mé thodes : nous avons mené une enquê te quantitative transversale sur le Web. La population cible é tait composé e de physiothé rapeutes canadiens ayant de l'expé rience comme mentor. Nous avons utilisé une mé thode de Dillman modifié e pour diffuser un questionnaire en ligne aux membres de l'Association canadienne de physiothé rapie et à ses divisions au moyen de leurs envois de courriels respectifs. Nous avons recueilli des donné es sur la nature et la porté e, les facteurs facilitants, les obstacles et les avantages du mentorat, puis les avons analysé es à l'aide de statistiques descriptives. Ré sultats : au total, 302 ré pondants ont participé à l'é tude. Ils ont indiqué ê tre mentors pour des collè gues physiothé rapeutes (91 %), pour des é tudiants de premier cycle (85 %), pour des é tudiants des cycles supé rieurs (64 %) et pour des collè gues interprofessionnels (64 %). Nous avons constaté que de nombreux facteurs facilitent la capacité des ré pondants à faire du mentorat, alors que les obstacles au mentorat ont peu de ré percussions. Les ré ponses reflè tent aussi les nombreux avantages perç us du mentorat. Conclusions : cette é tude fournit de nouvelles donné es probantes sur l'expé rience de mentorat du point de vue des mentors au sein de la profession de physiothé rapeute. Elle va dans le sens de la litté rature en soulignant les aspects positifs du mentorat et met en...
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