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ArticleBMC medical education2024

Mentor communication skills training: development, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy.

Smita C Banerjee, Patricia A Parker, Jessica M Staley, Ruth Manna, Cassidy Mahoney, Laura Liberman

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Smita C Banerjee *Associate Attending Behavioral Scientist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, 10017, USA. banerjes@mskcc.org.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5479-5978
Patricia A Parker *Associate Attending Behavioral Scientist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, 10017, USA.
Jessica M StaleyAssociate Attending Behavioral Scientist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, 10017, USA.
Ruth MannaAssociate Attending Behavioral Scientist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, 10017, USA.
Cassidy MahoneyAssociate Attending Behavioral Scientist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, 10017, USA.
Laura LibermanAssociate Attending Behavioral Scientist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, 10017, USA.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMentoring is vital to career development in academic medicine, and communication underlies all aspects of the mentoring relationship. Although training research mentors has been shown to be effective, few academic medicine faculties have received training in how to mentor. The investigators developed a novel intervention, the Mentor Communication Skills Training for Oncology Faculty ("Comskil Mentor Training") and examined feasibility and preliminary efficacy.

methodsThe study was a single arm pre-post intervention design. The intervention (Comskil Mentor Training) was offered in one virtual 3-hour session and included a didactic lecture with exemplary skill demonstration videos, facilitator-led small group role plays with trained actors, and evaluation. 19 faculty members from 12 departments participated in the training.

resultsAll participants completed the training. Overall, the training was rated favorably, with more than 80% of participants indicating that they "agreed" or "strongly agreed" with training evaluation. From pre- to post-training, significant improvement was seen in participants' overall self-efficacy to communicate with mentees, as well as participants' overall use of communication skills and mentoring-specific language.

conclusionsOur findings support the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a virtually delivered experiential mentor communication skills training program for multidisciplinary clinical and research faculty in oncology.

Indexed as

CommunicationFaculty, MedicalFeasibility StudiesMentoringMentorsAdultFemaleHumansMaleMedical OncologyProgram EvaluationAcademic medicineCancer careCommunication skills trainingFacultyMentoringMentorsTraining evaluation

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PMID38858656
PMCPMC11165731

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