Core Skills in Mentoring Medical Professionals

Mentoring is perhaps one of the most powerful and effective strategies for realising potential in individuals

Mentoring medical professionals can be an enormously rewarding experience for both mentee and mentor. Adoption of effective mentoring practises can help individuals develop self-reliance in their learning whilst over-coming unfamiliar challenges with support where needed. This programme provides an effective mentoring framework from initiation to closure, including all of the practical strategies necessary to make it successful.

Content

• Mentoring in the healthcare environment
• Understanding the mentoring approach
• Different types of mentoring for different purposes
• Proactive versus reactive mentoring
• Getting the best from the learning relationship
• Setting expectations and contracting
• Boundary setting in mentoring relationships
• 5 point process for effective mentoring
• Structuring mentoring sessions for maximum output
• Balancing directive, reflective and didactic methods
• Developing a repertoire of reflective questions
• Getting the first session right
• Ensuring common understanding & expectations
• Mentoring new staff
• Creating the game plan
• Setting SMART learning goals, milestones
• Using lead and lag indicators to assess progress
• The first 90 days – ensuring realistic goals
• Defining the areas of focus
• Core principle in mentoring new consultants
• Core principles in mentoring juniors
• The impact of individual wiring on the mentoring relationship
• Tailoring communication styles to individuals
• Active listening skills in mentoring
• Bringing closure to the mentoring relationship

Course type and teaching methods

This course is an engaging mixture of lectures, discussion, exercises and practical strategies designed to create effective mentors in a wide variety of scenarios from mentoring new consultants to more effectively supporting junior doctors.