The Lived Experience of Trainees and Supervisors regarding Mentoring in UK Postgraduate Medical Training: A descriptive phenomenological approach

Abstract

The aim of this study is to better understand the phenomenon of mentoring that occurs in UK postgraduate medical training programs by describing it from the lived experiences of trainees and supervisors. The process will include interviewing trainees and supervisors from various programs in the UK, asking them to describe their lived experiences regarding the concept of mentoring as part of the trainee-supervisor relationship, as well throughout their career in general. Depending on what they say, themes will be deduced to summarize their descriptions of mentoring within their supervision (using the Colaizzi method of Data Analysis).