{"id":128,"date":"2023-11-20T13:53:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T12:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:59:20","slug":"about-the-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/en\/about\/about-the-program\/","title":{"rendered":"About the program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The International Students Mentoring Program at Semmelweis University’s Medicine Faculty aims to provide comprehensive support and guidance to incoming students, particularly international students, throughout their academic journey. By fostering mentor-mentee relationships, the program seeks to enhance student success and facilitate a smooth transition into university life.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Mentors apply to the program by sending a motivation<\/span>al<\/span> letter and a CV. After the application, they must participate in an interview.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once admitted to the program, the Mentor-Mentee pairs are created according to their traits, preferences and backgrounds to make <\/span>a close <\/span>cooperation. <\/span>Mentors are trained by the programme\u2019s organizers and professionals working at the Institute of Behavioural Sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is complemented by two lectures in which, the Mentors:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • get to know their tasks in more detail, and the expectations towards them <\/span>as Mentors<\/span><\/li>\n
  • learn the basics of peer support and non-directive advising, <\/span>with a marked emphasis on the hardships international students face,<\/span><\/li>\n
  • learn about their competencies and boundaries,<\/span><\/li>\n
  • get informed about the administrative requirements and resources<\/span><\/li>\n
  • deepen their knowledge about study techniques including t<\/span>heoretical basics of psychological support and learning methods<\/span><\/li>\n
  • get training to recognize situations when their Mentees need psychological help and where to refer them in such cases.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    We need to focus on this area, since the challenges medical students face put significant amount of stress on them (especially in the first year). <\/span>In addition, being an international student makes the whole situation even more demanding. In the program, we aim to <\/span>identify<\/span> cases where peer support is insufficient and provide professional assistance from the Student Counselling, the Psychosomatic Outpatient Department, and the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. These three institutions cover a three-step mental health service. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Mentors are obliged to give feedback on<\/strong> their work<\/strong> and activities in the form of logbooks<\/strong> and they have the opportunity to share their concerns, difficulties, or r<\/span>emarks<\/span> during the mandatory supervision sessions<\/strong>. These small-group sessions <\/span>facilitate the<\/span> improvement of skills that <\/span>can be used both professionally and personally and provide an opportunity to learn ones that are not necessarily covered by mandatory courses. The Mentor\u2019s work is honoured with 2 credits per semester.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Mentees are expected to provide feedback b<\/span>y filling out forms and questionnaires regularly. This will help us to further improve the mentoring experience and conduct research.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    In addition to their obligations <\/span>in the program, we provide opportunities for Mentors and Mentees to socialize<\/strong>, network, and meet with the Hungarian members of the program. These <\/span>occasions can contribute to the easier integration of international students and widen their social connections.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In the Semmelweis Student Mentoring Program of the Institute of Behavioural Sciences, third-year or above medical students as peer Mentors assist fresher Mentees during their first year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102269,"featured_media":544,"parent":126,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":547,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/547"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/mentorprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}