Introduction:

Mentoring is an academic strategy that is increasingly present in the medical course, as it promotes benefits such as the creation of welcoming and affective environments, discussion of medical content and topics related to professional training. However, little is discussed about this strategy for scientific purposes.

Objectives:

To describe the implementation of the scientific mentoring program, investigate the students’ perception of its implementation and performance, in addition to measuring success indicators.

Methods:

This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study carried out in an undergraduate medical course, located in Salvador/Bahia. Students from the 3rd to the 4th year of undergraduate school were included. A virtual, structured, anonymous questionnaire was applied, with objective questions related to the students’ profile, their perceptions in relation to the scientific mentorship program and the publication of the Term Paper (TP).

Results:

Of the 143 participating students, there was a predominance of single (90.9%), brown (46.2%), female individuals (72.0%), aged 25.3±5.54 years, those who did not participate in Undergraduate Research programs (88.8%). Among those who participated in mentorships (n=101), 97.1% considered that they contributed to the development of the TP, 98.0% are in favor of maintaining its offer and 85.0% consider the strategy to be innovative. In the time frame of two academic semesters, 131 TPs were presented, of which 27.5% were published with the participation of 19 teachers, with an average of 1.89 productions/teacher.

Conclusion:

Medical students are in favor of implementing the scientific mentoring system, and this strategy has shown to be feasible and effective.

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