| Qualities of a psychiatric mentor: a quantitative singaporean survey. | |
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PMID: 22193742 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric mentors are an important part of the new, seamless training program in Singapore. There is a need to assess the qualities of a good psychiatric mentor vis-à-vis those of a good psychiatrist. METHOD: An anonymous survey was sent out to all psychiatry trainees and psychiatrists in Singapore to assess quantitatively the relative importance of 40 qualities for a good psychiatrist and a good mentor. RESULTS: The response rate was 48.7% (74/152). Factor analysis showed four themes among the qualities assessed (professional, personal values, relationship, academic-executive). A good mentor is defined by professional, relationship, and personal-values qualities. Mentors have significantly higher scores than psychiatrists for two themes (relationship and academic-executive). CONCLUSION: Being a good mentor, in Asia, means being a good psychiatrist first and foremost but also requires additional relationship and academic-executive skills. Mentors should be formally trained in these additional skills that were not part of the psychiatric curriculum. |
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Phern-Chern Tor; Lee-Gan Goh; Yong-Guan Ang; Leslie Lim; Rasaiah-Munidasa Winslow; Beng-Yeong Ng; Sze-Tai Wong; Tse-Pin Ng; Ee-Heok Kia |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry Volume: 35 ISSN: 1545-7230 ISO Abbreviation: Acad Psychiatry Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-12-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8917200 Medline TA: Acad Psychiatry Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 407-10 Citation Subset: IM |
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