Importance Of Mentorship Research Articles

Individual and contextual level enablers and barriers determining electronic community health information system implementation in northwest Ethiopia

BackgroundThe government of Ethiopia has envisioned digitalizing primary healthcare units through the electronic community health information system (eCHIS) program as a re-engineering strategy aiming to improve healthcare data quality, use, and service provision. The eCHIS is intended as a community-wide initiative to integrate lower health structure with higher administrative health and service delivery unit with the ultimate goal of improving community health. However, the success or failure of the program depends on the level of identifying enablers and barriers of the implementation. Therefore, this study aimed to explore individual and contextual-level enablers and barriers determining eCHIS implementation.MethodWe conducted an exploratory study to determine the enablers and barriers to successfully implementing eCHIS in rural Wogera district, northwest Ethiopia. In-depth interviews and key informant interviews were applied at participants from multiple sites. A thematic content analysis was conducted based on the key themes reported. We applied the five components of consolidated framework for implementation research to interpret the findings.ResultsFirst, based on the intervention's characteristics, implementers valued the eCHIS program. However, its implementation was impacted by the heavy workload, limited or absent network and electricity. Outer-setting challenges were staff turnover, presence of competing projects, and lack of incentive mechanisms. In terms of the inner setting, lack of institutionalization and ownership were mentioned as barriers to the implementation. Resource allocation, community mobilization, leaders’ engagement, and availability of help desk need emphasis for a better achievement. With regard to characteristics of the individuals, limited digital literacy, older age, lack of peer-to-peer support, and limited self-expectancy posed challenges to the implementation. Finally, the importance of mentoring and engaging community and religious leaders, volunteers, having defined plan and regular meetings were identified elements of the implementation process and need emphasis.ConclusionThe findings underlined the potential enablers and barriers of eCHIS program for quality health data generation, use, and service provision and highlighted areas that require emphasis for further scale-up. The success and sustainability of the eCHIS require ongoing government commitment, sufficient resource allocation, institutionalization, capacity building, communication, planning, monitoring, and evaluation.

The Importance of Mentoring in Building the Professional Excellence in Maritime Sector

The present study is seeking to explore the conceptual perspectives and the practicaloperational aspects of the mentoring process with an emphasis on its intrinsic achieving mechanisms, peculiar for two distinct types of learning and training processes: the cognitive and the social dimensions. The authors have considered the mentoring process in the broader scope of the social learning theory, which describes it as an essential element in the context of growth, development, maturation throughout life, complementary to the specific learning context of other processes such as: coaching, training, tutoring, consulting.

Toxic Positivity: The Pressure to Always Feel Happy as a Health Care Worker and How to Deal with a Negative Review in The Hospital Workplace. The Importance of Mentoring

Toxic positivity: It sounds paradoxical, even absurd. How is it possible that the word positivity, intertwined with concepts such as joy and happiness, is defined by the adjective toxic? And yet, in the age of social media, this framework is spreading more and more. Thus, a whole culture of this toxic behavior is created. Phrases like “Good Vibes Only”, “Just think positive”, “Everything happens for a reason” are constantly recycled. The phenomenon is of course magnified by technology, but it also exists beyond that.

Six Practical Strategies to Mentor and Sponsor Women in Academic Medicine.

This article focuses on the importance of mentorship and sponsorship for women in academic medicine, including trainees and faculty, and emphasizes the need for flexible and expanded definitions. Both the benefits and potential harms associated with sponsorship are described. There are 6 actionable strategies illustrated that may be added to a multidimensional mentoring model in order to better support women in medicine.

Career Succes Perception, Is that Important?

This study proposes the factors that influence employees‘ career success in the manufacturing industry, the factors are mentoring, soft skills, and Self-efficacy. The research was carried out to examine employers’ opinions regarding the importance of mentoring, soft skills, and Self-efficacy in Batam. Data analysis use multiple regression and 100 respondent. Results show that Mentoring and Self-efficacy were not significantly related to career success. Only Soft skill (English, information technology, communication, and leadership) was significantly related to a successful career.

Exploring the Education and Practice Experiences of Pelvic Health Physiotherapists in Canada: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Purpose: Pelvic health physiotherapy involves sensitive practices including internal assessment and treatment of the pelvic floor. Pelvic health physiotherapy education is not standardized in Canada, which may lead to diverse experiences. The purpose of this study was to explore the education and practice experiences of pelvic health physiotherapists in Canada. Method: This descriptive qualitative study used semi-structured interviews with physiotherapists providing pelvic health services in Canada and a reflexive thematic analysis approach. Results: Based on interviews with 20 pelvic health physiotherapists (19 women and one man) from six provinces, we identified four themes: the right fit, managing vulnerability, the holistic nature of pelvic health physiotherapy, and entering pelvic health physiotherapy requires thoughtful consideration. Participants described pelvic health physiotherapy as the right fit for themselves personally and professionally. The clinical practice involved managing their patients, and their own vulnerability and taking a holistic and biopsychosocial approach to treating patients with pelvic health conditions. Participants described the importance of mentorship and a supportive clinical environment when entering the field. Conclusions: This study provides an understanding of pelvic health physiotherapists’ experiences, which can help to guide the advancement of pelvic health physiotherapy education and practice supports in Canada.

Outcomes of supervised resident compared to attendings in transurethral resection of bladder cancer: The importance of mentoring

Outcomes of supervised resident compared to attendings in transurethral resection of bladder cancer: The importance of mentoring

Equal opportunities but unequal mentoring? The perceptions of mentoring by Black and minority ethnic academics in the UK university sector

AbstractOfficial statistics on the labour market position of Black and minority ethnic (BME) groups in academic institutions reveal that there are disparities in both their representation and in their promotion to higher levels. However, while the importance of mentoring has been acknowledged, few studies have explored the role of this importance organizational intervention in understanding the adverse employment outcomes of BME academics. This article documents, explores, and analyses the perceptions, reflections, and interpretations that BME academics attribute to their understanding of the role of mentoring in their career journeys, interactions, and experiences. The findings suggest that BME academics experienced widespread dissatisfaction of mentoring which many attributed to the unfavourable context in which university interventions such as mentoring is implemented as well as the inauthenticity of white mentors in their interactions with BME academics. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of the findings for researchers and practitioners.

Surround Yourself With Support: The Importance of Mentors, Advocates, and Sponsors

Surround Yourself With Support: The Importance of Mentors, Advocates, and Sponsors

An interview with Eugenia del Pino.

Eugenia del Pino was a Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE) in Quito, Ecuador, where her research focussed on understanding the unique development of marsupial frogs. During her career, Eugenia was elected to the US National Academy of Science in 2006 and was awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO prize for women in science (2000), The Latin American Society for Developmental Biology prize (2019) and the Eugenio Espejo National Prize from the Government of Ecuador in 2012. This year, Eugenia was awarded the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) Lifetime Achievement award. We talked to Eugenia about the impact of receiving this award, her work at PUCE and the importance of mentorship in her career.

Training and cultivating the translational science workforce: Responses of Clinical and Translational Science Awards program hubs to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically changed our lives and the delivery of healthcare. The pandemic also led to widespread disruption in the research activities and training of pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and early career faculty researchers. This mini-review uses the Local Adaptive Capacity Framework to describe successful practices, challenges, and lessons learned on how Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hubs have used their expertise, resources, and collaborations to advance clinical and translational science research and workforce development while facing and adapting to a pandemic. Data for this mini-review were taken from the scientific literature (23 articles) and the Research Performance Progress Reports of 50 unique CTSA hubs (40 TL1 and 50 KL2 awards). Institutions responded in innovative ways to the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. Electronic and virtual platforms were used to overcome challenges related to physical distancing, laboratory closures, and travel bans. The importance of mentorship and well-being led to the creation of new virtual programs to expand mentoring and networking beyond the home institution and to promote well-being and resilience. These solutions to translational workforce development can be implemented to address future public health emergencies.

Mentoring: what to expect from our surgical mentors in Colombia? A Latin American example.

Identifying the scope of surgical mentoring at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and compare the perceptions of teachers and students to recognize characteristics and competences of such practice and future needs. Two surveys were designed to evaluate the existence and importance of mentoring and inquire about the characteristics, qualities and skills expected on mentors. Both groups agree on the importance of having a mentor. 84.2% of teachers consider themselves mentors, however, only 38.6% of students considered them as such. The most relevant quality of the mentor recognized by students was the willingness and ability to teach, while for teachers it was respect. For the students, the most important competence was the ability to explain and teach about the procedures to be performed, while for teachers it was the ability to provide confidence and security. There is a paradoxical behavior, most students consider they do not have a mentor while most teachers consider to be such. The need to expand the literature regarding mentoring in Colombia specifically in the surgical field was identified.

ESG in O&G industry - Importance of mentoring in gender diversity

ESG in O&G industry - Importance of mentoring in gender diversity

The Importance of Mentoring in Space Physics: Examples From a Successful Career

AbstractMentoring is critical for a successful career in space physics. I present here some examples of how mentoring helped me through all stages of my career. In addition, I provide some guidance on what I learned from my mentors at three stages in my career: early career, mid‐career, and advanced‐career.

Leading practices for men to support women's health leadership: A toolkit of resources to initiate change.

Men have a critically important role to play in supporting women from different backgrounds to move into leadership roles. Indeed, it is necessary work for those in positions of privilege to challenge processes that result in inequitable gender outcomes in health leadership. We present the resources that have been compiled into a toolkit for men to support more inclusive health leadership and transformative systemic change. A three-step process was undertaken to search, select, and curate leading evidence-informed practices. Three key clusters of resources in the toolkit address why men's actions are necessary, what leading actions entail, and the importance of mentorship and sponsorship. Change will require more than shaping the individual attitudes and behaviours of men in leadership positions. Attention to gender and other forms of inequity need to be embedded into the structures, processes and outcomes of teams, organizations, and systems and evaluated for process.

Mentors Needed: Predictors of Self-Assessed Mentoring Competence in Agricultural Faculty

Despite an overwhelming amount of research in recent years on the importance of mentoring in higher education, little data exists on what factors predict faculty self-evaluations of mentoring competence in agricultural faculty. This is important because as research on mentoring has increased there has been a proliferation of different training programs for faculty in academia to improve mentoring outcomes, with little regard for what variables predict self-perceived mentoring skill. This study used a cross-sectional survey design to collect faculty self-evaluations of mentoring competence from a national sample of agricultural faculty. Regression analysis was used to determine what factors, identified as potentially important from prior research, predicted positive self-evaluations of mentoring competence. Results showed that discipline self-efficacy, feelings of impostorism, average mentoring frequency, and prior mentor training were all significant predictors, while gender was almost significant. The implications of these findings and avenues for future research for mentoring in higher education are discussed.

Students' experience of the challenges of using assertive communication.

Assertive communication is a skill that many nurses, particularly nursing students, find challenging. This article describes the findings of phenomenological study that set out to explore third-year student nurses' experiences of using assertive communication in the clinical setting. A narrative enquiry approach reviewed six reflective written accounts of their experiences. In addition, seven students took part in an in-depth semi-structured group discussion of their clinical experiences. Data were analysed using a hybrid interpretive phenomenological analysis and discourse analysis framework. Three key themes emerged: a sense of responsibility/duty and a sense of failure when this is not upheld, the importance of mentors in promoting self-confidence and self-esteem, and a sense of belonging on placement. The students responded well to positive role models and were able to identify negative role models. Accurate, constructive feedback and support was important to help students reflect appropriately.

The Implementation of Online English Learning During The Covid-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a very significant impact on human life. Various aspects of life are affected, including the realm of education which has turned online and has various impacts on the level of success in its implementation. This study aims to see how the implementation of online English learning during the pandemic. There are various problems including, some students lack facilities to support their online learning; It is difficult for teachers to get grades and catch up with student assignments which are hampered by various facilities constraints; the lack of sensitivity of parents to their important role in every online learning activity and the difficulty of achieving learning goals which are limited to essential materials only. Based on the results of the study, the solution to this problem is to collect assignments offline, provide understanding to parents of students about the importance of mentoring and allocation of aid funds in schools to help students who lack facilities.

The importance of mentors and how to handle more than one mentor.

Working with multiple mentors is a critical way for students to expand their network, gain opportunities, and better prepare for future scholastic or professional ventures. However, students from underrepresented groups (UR) are less likely to be mentored or have access to mentors, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. We developed and implemented a workshop, to provide the necessary foundation for students to be better prepared for establishing future mentorships throughout graduate and professional school. Faculty well-versed in the area of effective mentorship from multiple universities developed and delivered a 1.5-hour workshop to address the roles of a mentor, especially when it comes to UR students, and how students may effectively work with multiple mentors. This workshop was delivered to a group of students from, the Historically Black College and University (HBCU), Winston-Salem State University, and a pre/post-10-point Likert scale-based survey was administered where 1 represented strongly disagree and 10 was strongly agree. The questions used in this seminar were newly designed by the authors as program evaluations. We analyzed the raw data with nonparametric tests for comparison within paired samples. Wilcoxon matched-pairs and signed-rank tests showed statistically significant growth in student self-ratings related to the workshop learning objectives. The 'How to Handle More than One Mentor to Achieve Excellence' workshop was well-received as a component of pregraduate and preprofessional training. Incorporating workshops like this may increase student preparedness around developing and cultivating healthy mentorship relationships throughout STEM training.

Students-As-Teachers: Fostering medical educators.

While mounting evidence supports various benefits of Students-As-Teachers (SAT) curricula in preparing students to teach, limited SAT electives are offered across Canada. We developed a 4-week SAT selective for fourth-year medical students at the University of Toronto to enhance medical education knowledge and teaching skills. This study aimed to evaluate the SAT programme and its impact on students' development as educators, their experience as learners and educators, and their future plans for involvement with medical education. Students participated in highly interactive small group seminars and teaching opportunities in nonclinical and clinical environments. Course evaluation consisted of pre-selective and post-selective surveys and written reflections on the selective experience and future career aspirations. A theory-based evaluation approach was utilized to compare the SAT programme's theory with course outcomes. Post-SAT selective, students self-reported greater knowledge and confidence in teaching methods, provision of feedback, medical education scholarship, and interest in further medical education training. Student reflections highlighted three key themes. Identity formation as educators and the importance of mentorship in medical education aligned with our programme theory, while an unexpected outcome included a shifting perception on teaching and feedback from a learner to an educator lens. This study's findings demonstrate the ability of SAT curricula to build capacity for future medical educators. Positive factors contributing to the programme's outcomes included cohort size, course and seminar structure, and active group participation. Future iterations may explore use of flipped classroom models, additional clinical teaching opportunities, and near-peer teaching.