| Evaluation of a collaborative mentorship program in a multi-site postgraduate training program. | |
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PMID: 20662584 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Traditional one-on-one mentorship of trainees is challenging for multi-site training programs. Our three-site Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine Training Program therefore implemented collaborative mentorship. AIM: To describe and evaluate the effectiveness of collaborative mentorship. METHOD: Faculty Advisory Committee Triads (FACTs), comprising one staff neonatologist from each site, were created for each trainee. Guidelines for meeting frequency and process were developed. After 3 years, participants were invited to complete a questionnaire exploring three domains - helpfulness, participant opinion, and process. RESULTS: Twenty-four staff participated in 32 FACTs that mentored 32 trainees; 19 staff (79%) and 19 trainees (60%) completed the survey. All but one respondent preferred FACTs to individual mentors. Trainees were comfortable discussing both training program issues (90%) and social or personal issues (47%) with their FACT. Despite various ethno-cultural backgrounds, only 26% thought these should be similar for FACTs and trainees. More than 80% found FACTs supportive and beneficial for providing staff contacts at each site. Trainees found FACTs helpful for career planning, resource identification, clinical performance advice, and research motivation. More staff (79%) than trainees (33%) felt FACTs helped trainees get started in the program (p = 0.01), perhaps because not all trainees (47%) met with their FACT at the start of training. FACTs met one to four times annually; staff availability made scheduling difficult. CONCLUSION: In a multi-site training program, collaborative mentorship was effective in overcoming many barriers encountered with one-on-one mentorship. |
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Authors:
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Ann Jefferies; Martin Skidmore |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Medical teacher Volume: 32 ISSN: 1466-187X ISO Abbreviation: Med Teach Publication Date: 2010 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-07-28 Completed Date: 2010-12-02 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7909593 Medline TA: Med Teach Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 695-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. ajefferies@mtsinai.on.ca |
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Advisory Committees Cooperative Behavior* Education, Medical, Graduate / organization & administration* Faculty, Medical Humans Mentors* Multi-Institutional Systems* Ontario Program Evaluation Questionnaires |
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