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  • Medical Education
  • Faculty Development
  • Mentoring Programs

Background:

  • Mentoring is crucial for professional development, but program evaluation often lacks tangible outcomes.
  • Traditional evaluations focus on relationship satisfaction, not measurable results.
  • A functional mentoring framework with multi-level outcome measurement is proposed to address this gap.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate a functional mentoring program embedded within a continuing medical education (CME) faculty development program.
  • To measure the tangible outcomes of mentoring at multiple levels.
  • To demonstrate the success of functional mentoring through project-based results.

Main Methods:

  • A survey methodology collected qualitative and quantitative data longitudinally.
  • Data were gathered at the start, midpoint, and end of the program.
  • 165 faculty participants across 4 years were surveyed.

Main Results:

  • 85% of junior faculty felt their mentor significantly impacted their projects.
  • Junior faculty reported enhanced skills in initiating and negotiating mentoring relationships (85%).
  • Projects were perceived to have a significant impact on faculty careers (92%) and institutions (86%).

Conclusions:

  • Functional mentoring demonstrates success at multiple levels, with projects as a key outcome.
  • Projects align with professional responsibilities and institutional missions, adding value.
  • Functional mentoring offers a practical, measurable approach to faculty development.