Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res., 69(2), July - August 2021; Article No. 24, Pages: 163-168 ISSN 0976 – 044X International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research Available online at www.globalresearchonline.net ©Copyright protected. Unauthorised republication, reproduction, distribution, dissemination and copying of this document in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. 163 Desi Vidya Sripad, Gautam Nichenametla, Naga Guhan V * , Joy A Ghoshal, Amudharaj Dharmalingam, Desi Vidya Sripad, Additional Professor & Head, Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri, TS, India. Gautam Nichenametla, Senior Resident, Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri, TS, India. Naga Guhan V * , Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri, TS, India. Joy A Ghoshal, Dean, Professor & Head, Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri, TS, India. Amudharaj Dharmalingam, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri, TS, India. *Corresponding author’s E-mail: guhan@aiimsmangalagiri.edu.in Received: 22-05-2021; Revised: 18-07-2021; Accepted: 26-07-2021; Published on: 15-08-2021. ABSTRACT Mentorship program have a wide array of benefits which imparts an important role in reversing the decline of academics and helps in understanding the challenges encountered. The main objectives of the MP are 1) To address the student’s problematic areas and identify sectors where they need more support. 2) To provide immediate support network to the Low performers and establish small group mentoring program which was based on performance basis. A total of 50 students and 28 faculty were involved in the study. All the 50 students were allotted mentor, in a lottery basis picked by the students, with the mentor to mentee ratio of 1:2. The marks obtained in Mid Term 1 exam was taken as baseline and compared with subsequent exam marks to identify the effectiveness of mentorship program. Further, at the end of terminal exam, 13 students were identified as low performers and were given an extra focused care other than regular mentoring. At the end of the 1st year MBBS, a preformed questionnaire with four Likert scale was taken to understand the effectiveness of mentorship. The marks were expressed in mean ± SD. The marks between the exams were compared using Paired t Test. SPSS 26.0 was used for all statistical procedures. Among the low performers, the comparative improvement in the marks between Terminal and Mid Term II was 18% in Anatomy(p<0.000), 9% in Physiology(p<0.005) and 8% in Biochemistry(p<0.01). Further the comparative improvement in the marks between Mid Term II and Final Professional exams was 5% in Anatomy(p<0.029), 5% in Physiology and 11% in Biochemistry(p<0.001). In addition, analysis of students feedback revealed that 38% of the students have agreed and 54% of them have strongly agreed that mentorship program was effective and beneficial to them. Mentorship Program should be a part of the academic plan and should be implemented in all medical Colleges to bring out efficient Doctors and prevent dropouts of medicos. Students with effective mentors as role models will imbibe the qualities and attributes of their mentor and in turn become good mentors and thus perpetuate the cycle. Keywords: Mentorship, Impact on Academics, Low Performers, Present trend. QUICK RESPONSE CODE → DOI: 10.47583/ijpsrr.2021.v69i02.024 DOI link: http://dx.doi.org/10.47583/ijpsrr.2021.v69i02.024 INTRODUCTION entorship program (MP) in medical schools, have a wide array of benefits. The new beginners are more vulnerable to the vast challenges of coping up with the Medical course. Mentorship program is known in offering support to the new entrants 1 . It is one of the best approaches towards a student, in understanding their starting problems and to cope up with the tough curriculum. It helps in an overall development of a medical student and thus make them emerge as an efficient Doctor. According to a study by Zerzan et al, Mentorship program provide emotional and career support, facilitate insight, managing up time, building confidence and establishing a good communicative network system. 2 A study conducted by Scheckler et al at Wisconsin Medical University states that for incoming student the support extended by assigning a single mentor has an immense effective role. 3 Though mentoring programs are carried worldwide , according to Frei et al , only after 1990’s the MP was started for medical students. 4 Mentoring is cost free strategy based on a personal and professional context ,unlike coaching and counselling. It is a dynamic, collaborative and reciprocal relationship focused on a Mentee personal and professional development. 2 Although there are many studies by Buddeberg Fisher and Ramanan R stating that mentorship program is one of the most important key determinants for a successful academic performance in medicine, MP has not been implemented regularly in most of the Medical Colleges. 5,6 The five important key elements of mentoring are as follows 1. Should help the mentee to achieve short-and long-term goals. 2. Should include role modeling and help with career development. 3. Both mentee and mentor should benefit from the relationship. 4. Relationships should involve direct interaction between mentor and Mentorship – Propitious Methodology to Improve Low Performers M Research Article