Characteristics and quality assessment of online mentoring profile texts in academic medical mentoring
Background Mentoring is important for a successful career in academic medicine. In online matching processes, profile texts are decisive for the mentor-selection. We aimed to qualitatively characterize mentoring-profile-texts, identify differences in form and content and thus elements that promote s...
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| Vydáno v: | BMC medical education Ročník 23; číslo 1; s. 1 - 8 |
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| Hlavní autoři: | , , , , , , , , , , |
| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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London
BioMed Central
09.11.2023
BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC |
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| ISSN: | 1472-6920, 1472-6920 |
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Mentoring is important for a successful career in academic medicine. In online matching processes, profile texts are decisive for the mentor-selection. We aimed to qualitatively characterize mentoring-profile-texts, identify differences in form and content and thus elements that promote selection.
Methods
In a mixed method study first, quality of texts in 150 selected mentoring profiles was evaluated (10-point Likert scale; 1 = insufficient to 10 = very good). Second, based on a thematic and content analysis approach of profile texts, categories and subcategories were defined. We compared the presence of the assigned categories between the 25% highest ranked profiles with the 25% lowest ranked ones. Finally, additional predefined categories (
hot topics
) were labelled on the selected texts and their impact on student evaluation was statistically examined.
Results
Students rated the quality of texts with a mean of 5.89 ± 1.45. 5 main thematic categories, 21 categories and a total of 74 subcategories were identified. Ten subcategories were significantly associated with high- and four with low-rated profiles. The presence of three or more
hot topics
in texts significantly correlated with a positive evaluation.
Conclusion
The introduced classification system helps to understand how mentoring profile texts are composed and which aspects are important for choosing a suited mentor. |
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| Bibliografie: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1472-6920 1472-6920 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12909-023-04804-1 |