As a leader are you sensing that a more formalized mentoring program for your staff, leaders and residents would be beneficial? Implementation and Outcomes of a Pharmacy Residency Mentorship Program in the newly acquired AJHP Residents Journal June 1, 2015 issue, which can be found online offers the following.
- An online author video interview at www.ashp.org/Thurstoninterview
- A good review of mentoring references and the established value
- Program pre-implementation challenges.
- Mentorship was viewed as more of an art than a science hence a flexible structure is appropriate.
- Clearly distinguishing between a mentor (long term career) and a preceptor (short term and specific topic) is needed.
- The need to customize/individualize the relationship so allow people flexibility
- Not everyone is motivated to become a mentee nor mentor so don't try and force it
- Guidelines (included in the article) versus a strict structure were used
- This specific program’s outcomes are impressive
- Participants were surveyed (questions asked included)
- 73% agreed that a mentor was beneficial and citing it as integral to their career planning
- 45% exceeded the meeting monthly guideline meeting multiple times monthly because of the value
- 100% of the resident participants had a position offer or matched another residency while the previous two years it was 85% and 88%
Please share your experiences with mentoring programs so others can benefit.
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