Introduction

The University needs to incorporate active teaching methodologies to respond to the demands of knowledge societies in which the student must be responsible for their own learning. The role of the professor as a mentor allows students to be protagonists of their learning process.

Objective

To involve nursing students in the assessment of their mentors after using the methodology of Problem Based Learning, and to verify if there are differences in the mentoring process between an expert mentor and a novice one.

Methods

Transversal and descriptive study with a sample of 128 students in their 2 nd Nursing course at the Valladolid University (Spain) who answered a Likert scaled questionnaire.

Results

Statistically significant differences (p < .01) were found in all items between both mentors. The assessment was very satisfactory.

Conclusions

Assessing the tutor allows reflection and feedback of students and their mentors, encouraging them to be honest at evaluating the activities of other team members, including those of the tutor and their own.