Designing and Organizing Mentoring at Shiraz Medical School and Reinforcing Deep Knowledge- based Education using Mentoring

In mentorship project, a wise and reliable person (mentor) guide another person (mentee) in all areas of academic achievements. The purpose of this study, is designe, perform and evaluate mentoring project for medical students whom entrance was the second half-year of 1393 and then.
Methods and Materials: In mentoring project, pathophysiology and clinical students was second level mentors, and reference teachers was excellent level and sample mentors and some of teachers was supporter mentors. Mentoring schemes include the following steps: Need assessment, explore the facilities, programming, preparation, performing the project, evaluation.
Interview was done for testing the satisfaction of mentors and mentees in this study. Finally averages of students has been evaluated. The results of SBD survey test also showed that the motivation of students for studying medical courses, the desire to continue to participate in meetings and students’ overall satisfaction was high.
The adaptability and motivation of students who enter the Mentoring Project in comparison with the other students had significant differences; participants were more compatible with university campus. One of the tasks of mentors for achieving this goal was introduction of appropriate references and to familiarize students with the correct methods of study. Overall, the average of mentee students was higher than that of non-mentee students.