ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine2008
Mentoring for NHS doctors: perceived benefits across the personal-professional interface.
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- Mentoring of oral health professionals is crucial to improving access to care for people with special needs.PloS one · 2022Article
- Mentoring for doctors in the UK: what it can do for you, your colleagues, and your patients.BJA education · 2020Review
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- Australian GPs' perceptions of barriers and enablers to best practice palliative care: a qualitative study.BMC palliative care · 2019Article
- Results of the British Society of Gastroenterology supporting women in gastroenterology mentoring scheme pilot.Frontline gastroenterology · 2019Article
- Use and evaluation of a mentoring scheme to promote integration of non-medical prescribing in a clinical context.BMC medical education · 2014Article
- Peer mentoring: evaluation of a novel programme in paediatrics.Archives of disease in childhood · 2014Article
- Young Doctor Movements: motives for membership among aspiring and young family physicians.Journal of family medicine and primary careArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate NHS doctors' perceived benefits of being involved in mentoring schemes and to explore the overlaps and relationships between areas of benefit.
designExtended qualitative analysis of a multi-site interview study following an interpretivist approach.
settingSix NHS mentoring schemes across England.
main outcome measuresPerceived benefits.
resultsWhile primary analysis resulted in lists of perceived benefits, the extended analysis revealed three overarching areas: professional practice, personal well-being and development. Benefits appear to go beyond a doctor's professional role to cross the personal-professional interface. Problem solving and change management seem to be key processes underpinning the raft of personal and professional benefits reported. A conceptual map was developed to depict these areas and relationships. In addition secondary analysis suggests that in benefitting one area mentoring may lead to consequential benefits in others.
conclusionsPrior research into mentoring has mainly taken place in a single health care sector. This multi-site study suggests that the perceived benefits of involvement in mentoring may cross the personal/professional interface and may override organizational differences. Furthermore the map developed highlights the complex relationships which exist between the three areas of professional practice, personal wellbeing and personal and professional development. Given the consistency of findings across several studies it seems probable that organizations would be strengthened by doctors who feel more satisfied and confident in their professional roles as a result of participation in mentoring. Mentoring may have the potential to take us beyond individual limits to greater benefits and the conceptual map may offer a starting point for the development of outcome criteria and evaluation tools for mentoring schemes.
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