Faculty Mentor Perspectives of a Formal Mentoring Program for Student Pharmacists: A Qualitative Study

Witry, Matthew J.; Nguyen, Elaine; Patterson, Brandon J.

doi:10.24926/iip.v6i4.402

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“…17 Even though most schools assigned staff advisers to students, most of the students did not consider them as their mentors, which could either be because the students did not understand the concept of mentorship or the staff assigned to them were not providing mentorship or had an approach to mentorship different from what the students understood. 18 Also, most of the respondents did not frequently interact with their staff advisers which could be due to their perception of staff advisers as being busy and not available/accessible. Many students could be afraid of their assigned advisers (lecturers) because of their impression about the lecturer from their experience with such a lecturer in class.…”

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Mentorship in Pharmacy Schools: Students’ Perspective

Jegede,

Erhun,

Oyinlola

2023

Ind. J. Pharm. Edu. Res.

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Introduction: Mentorship is seen as key to enhanced self-efficacy, and overall improvement in students' academic performance. However, information on how this affects academic performance in pharmacy schools in Nigeria is scarce. The study identified existing forms of mentorship, appraised the perceived contributions of mentorship to pharmacy students' academic performance, and assessed the benefits obtained by pharmacy students from student-mentor interactions in pharmacy schools in Southwest Nigeria. Materials and Methods:The study was a cross-sectional survey of pharmacy students (330) in four accredited pharmacy

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