Developed by 2021
Women as One
Escalator Award
Mentor Match Winners
Shrilla Banerjee, MD, FRCP
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
Aaysha Cader, MD, MRCP
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United KingdomIbrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
What is
Mentoring?
Mentorship is the practice of helping and advising a less experienced person over a period of time, especially as part of a formal program.
A partnership between 2 people built upon trust and confidentiality
Builds self-reliance through skillful questioning and an additional, experienced view on issues
Mutual respect and trust, shared values, and strong communication
Good mentoring is discipline-agnostic – principles apply
Offers an opportunity to develop, inspire and support participants to enable them to fulfill their true professional (and personal) potential
Fortifying
the Pipeline of
Women in Medicine
Mentorship has consistently been identified as a key component supporting professional development and gender parity in medicine
Mentorship
Varying mentorship “needs”
- Clinical
- Research
- Advocacy
- Leadership
- Work/Life Balance
The Power of
Mentorship
Research on the power of mentorship is clear. People with mentors perform better, advance their careers faster and even experience more work-life satisfaction.
Mentors benefit too. “To teach is to learn twice”
Mentee Responsibilities
This approach has 1 primary goal:
Helping you to get the most out of your mentoring relationship.
Establish
goals
Implement agreed
actions & updates
Discuss real situations & development needs
Drive the relationship & your own development
Manage the process/schedule & initiate meetings
Share experience
openly
Prepare to receive honest & direct feedback
Experience Sharing
- Be prepared to accept challenge and direct feedback
- Always be open and honest
- Be up front about how you see the relationship working with your mentor
- Stay proud of yourself and your achievements to date and maintain a positive view of yourself
- Be prepared to take a couple of risks to make good things happen
- Always remember you can develop yourself outside of the mentoring
Mentorship
Model: Mentee
- Share
- Understand
- Agree and Plan
- Review and Adapt
01
Share
02
Understand
03
Agree and Plan
Describe your requirements and development / support needs
- Current situation
- Ultimate goals
- Obstacles
Agree and Plan
- Ground rules
- Milestones and meeting frequency
- Priorities (3 maximum)
04
Review and Adapt
Additional models or documentation
Isssues/priorities
Can the mentor do anything more to help?
Mentee:
First Meeting
- Build Rapport
- Structure
Agreement and
Action Plan
The ‘Mentoring Agreement’ document is intended to help establish clear working guidelines and an action plan for the Mentor/Mentee relationship.
It serves as an agreement between you both.
It is only for your use and is strictly confidential to the two of you.
It is suggested that this be used as a ‘guide’ to assist working toward your shared aims and objectives.
Mentorship vs
Sponsorship
Increasing need for sponsorship A sponsor is an advocate who provides influential and promotional support Sponsors don’t generally provide the advice or guidance that a mentor does
- Arnold, M. et al. (2021) ‘Transitioning from mentee to mentor: How and when to start developing the skills needed to support others?’, Stroke, 52(12), pp. E848–E851. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.035918.
- Catanese, L. and Shoamanesh, A. (2017) ‘Identifying the Right Mentor’, Stroke, 48(9), pp. e248–e251. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.018545.
- Chopra, V., Vaughn, V. M. and Saint, S. (no date) ‘The mentoring guide: helping mentors & mentees succeed’, p. 131.
- Faloye, A. O., Bechtel, A. J. and Methangkool, E. (2021) ‘Peer Mentorship: An Often-Overlooked Tool in Underresourced Academic Departments’, Academic Medicine, p. 16. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003776.
- Kashiwagi, D. T., Varkey, P. and Cook, D. A. (2013) ‘Mentoring programs for physicians in academic medicine: A systematic review’, Academic Medicine, 88(7), pp. 1029–1037. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0B013E318294F368.
- Murphy, M. et al. (2022) ‘Mentoring Relationships and Gender Inequities in Academic Medicine: Findings from a Multi-Institutional Qualitative Study’, Academic Medicine, 97(1), pp. 136–142. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004388.
- Ouimet, M., Bauer, R. C. and Hilaire, C. S. (2021) ‘Building your mentoring network in your early career’, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 41, pp. 2513–2515. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.121.316802.
- Sharma, G. et al. (2019) ‘The Importance of Mentorship and Sponsorship: Tips for Fellows-in-Training and Early Career Cardiologists’, JACC: Case Reports, 1(2), pp. 232–234. doi: 10.1016/J.JACCAS.2019.06.007.
- Waljee, J. F., Chopra, V. and Saint, S. (2018) ‘Mentoring Millennials’, JAMA, 319(15), pp. 1547–1548. doi: 10.1001/JAMA.2018.3804.
