Lessons for expanding virtual mentoring in academic medical institutions: a qualitative study among senior mentors.
Distance mentoring
Mentoring
Remote mentoring
Virtual mentoring
Journal
BMC medical education
ISSN: 1472-6920
Titre abrégé: BMC Med Educ
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101088679
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 Aug 2024
28 Aug 2024
Historique:
received:
19
03
2024
accepted:
01
08
2024
medline:
31
8
2024
pubmed:
31
8
2024
entrez:
28
8
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Virtual activities, hybrid work and virtual mentoring have become part of the ongoing milieu of academic medicine. As the shift to remote mentoring continues to evolve, it is now possible to adapt, refine, and improve tools to support thriving mentoring relationships that take place virtually. This study explores strategies for virtual mentoring as a cornerstone for effective training programs among senior mentors participating in an ongoing mentoring program. We conducted a qualitative study among prior and current participants of an ongoing "Mentoring the Mentors" program about key strategies for optimizing virtual mentoring. Data were coded and analyzed following a thematic analysis approach. Respondents were mostly female (62%), white (58%), and associate (39%) or full professors (32%). We found that, with the expansion of hybrid and fully remote work, there are now fewer opportunities for informal but important chance meetings between mentors and mentees; however, virtual mentoring provides opportunities to compensate for reduced interactivity normally experienced in the workplace. The heightened need to plan and be more deliberate in the virtual sphere was woven throughout narratives and was the foundation of most recommendations. Specifically, a central obstacle for respondents was that spontaneous conversations were harder to initiate because virtual conversations are expected to have set agendas. Developing new ways to maintain meaningful interpersonal relationships in a virtual training environment, including opportunities for serendipitous and informal engagement, is critical to the success of virtual mentoring programs.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Virtual activities, hybrid work and virtual mentoring have become part of the ongoing milieu of academic medicine. As the shift to remote mentoring continues to evolve, it is now possible to adapt, refine, and improve tools to support thriving mentoring relationships that take place virtually. This study explores strategies for virtual mentoring as a cornerstone for effective training programs among senior mentors participating in an ongoing mentoring program.
METHODS
METHODS
We conducted a qualitative study among prior and current participants of an ongoing "Mentoring the Mentors" program about key strategies for optimizing virtual mentoring. Data were coded and analyzed following a thematic analysis approach.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Respondents were mostly female (62%), white (58%), and associate (39%) or full professors (32%). We found that, with the expansion of hybrid and fully remote work, there are now fewer opportunities for informal but important chance meetings between mentors and mentees; however, virtual mentoring provides opportunities to compensate for reduced interactivity normally experienced in the workplace. The heightened need to plan and be more deliberate in the virtual sphere was woven throughout narratives and was the foundation of most recommendations. Specifically, a central obstacle for respondents was that spontaneous conversations were harder to initiate because virtual conversations are expected to have set agendas.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Developing new ways to maintain meaningful interpersonal relationships in a virtual training environment, including opportunities for serendipitous and informal engagement, is critical to the success of virtual mentoring programs.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39198910
doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05852-x
pii: 10.1186/s12909-024-05852-x
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
934Subventions
Organisme : NIDA NIH HHS
ID : K24 DA039780
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIDA NIH HHS
ID : K24 DA039780
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : P30 AI027763
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : P30 AI027763
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : P30 AI027763
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : P30 AI027763
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : P30 AI027763
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : P30 MH062246
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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