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Development of a Well-Being Mentorship Program for Clinical Clerkships
Raúl René Cantú-Hernández (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Manuel Emiliano Quiroga Garza (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), David Leonardo Flores-Marín (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Irma Elisa Erana-Rojas (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), and Mildred Vanessa López Cabrera (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3066-5.ch012
Abstract
Clinical clerkships allow students to transition from exclusively academic to real professional settings. This stressful transition can lead to burnout. Recent awareness has led to the creation of mentorship programs focused on improving students' well-being. A mentorship program was developed for students in the clinical clerkships to monitor and foster habits for well-being based on a six-pillar model: mental, social, emotional, academic, nutritional, and physical health. The purpose of the chapter is to present the model and preliminary results of a study that assessed the program's effects through the mentor's perception. A qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews was used. Results indicate impact on mental (85%) and emotional health (85%), as evidenced by the identification of multiple red-flag cases. The implementation of programs must effectively foster students' self-assessment and allows them to develop better coping mechanisms.