THE PERCEPTION OF FSK STUDENTS TOWARDS THE CONVENTIONAL MENTOR-MENTEE PROGRAMME AND PROJEK TUNAS FSK IN FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (FSK), UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA

Ahmad Rohi Ghazali, Eamie Elyna Jamaluddin, Mohamad Anis Mohd Azmi, Sheng Ee Ngieng, Nurfatin Syazreen Mohd Rizam, Nur Syazwani Roslan, Siti Nor Athirah Abdul Rahman, Yasaaswini Apparao, Raveena Vaidheswary Muralitharan

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The mentor-mentee programme was started in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in the early 90's and involved monitoring students (mentee) academic performances with the lecturer (mentor). The mentor-mentee programme in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FSK), UKM, needs improvement to stay relevant to students. Therefore, some modifications were made by implementing a new programme known as Projek Tunas FSK, which is more comprehensive and employs the Modul Mentor Berkesan© in rebranding the existing mentor-mentee programme. Our research was conducted to study the perception of FSK, UKM students on the conventional mentor-mentee programme and Projek Tunas FSK. The Year 2 (n = 114) and Year 4 students (n = 84) from the 2018-2019 session were given questionnaires consisting of three parts: their demographic data, academic performance, and questions related to their relationship and communication with their mentors. The findings show that restructuring the mentor-mentee programme to Projek Tunas FSK leads to better perception towards FSK students.  

 

 

 

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/ajtlhe.1401.2022.08


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Faculty of Health Sciences (FSK); mentor-mentee; Modul Mentor Berkesan®; perception; Projek Tunas FSK

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