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Understanding mentoring relationships between mentees, peer and senior mentors
Vaishnavi Venktaramana1,2, Yun Ting Ong1,2, Jun Wei Yeo1,2
1Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 1E Kent Ridge Road NUHS Tower Block Level 11, Singapore, 119228, Singapore.
BMC Medical Education
|January 31, 2023
Summary
This study reveals that structured mentoring programs foster professional identity formation in mentees. A consistent, stage-based approach enhances mentoring relationships and shapes professional values, beliefs, and actions.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Professional Development
- Mentorship Studies
Background:
- Mentoring relationships are crucial for success but poorly understood.
- A structured research-based mentoring program, the Palliative Medicine Initiative, offers a unique platform to study these relationships.
- The program's design ensures a consistent mentoring experience, enabling longitudinal study.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate mentee experiences within a structured mentoring program.
- To understand the characteristics of successful mentoring relationships.
- To evaluate the impact of mentoring on professional identity formation.
Main Methods:
- Employed the Tool Design Systematic Evidence-Based Approach methodology.
- Conducted a review of existing literature on mentoring and professional identity.
- Utilized semi-structured interviews and mentoring diaries, analyzed with the Ring Theory of Personhood.
Main Results:
- Semi-structured interviews yielded themes of stakeholders, mentoring stages, mentoring relationships, and professional identity formation.
- Mentoring diaries identified themes of mentoring processes and relationships.
- Two primary domains emerged: mentoring relationships and professional identity formation.
Conclusions:
- The Palliative Medicine Initiative's structured approach identified seven developmental stages of mentoring relationships.
- These stages culminate in significant changes to mentees' professional values, beliefs, and actions.
- Structured mentoring programs can effectively enhance professional identity formation.
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