The Intentional Mentor in Medicine: A Toolkit for Mentoring Doctors

Doctors who mentor play a significant role in the development of their junior medical colleagues. This book equips doctors with knowledge and tools for performing the role of mentor to junior medical colleagues in a constructive and productive way.The approach to the mentor role described in this book will allow you to: perform the relational and developmental work of mentoringadd structure to the mentoring you deliverassist junior medical colleagues to develop knowledge skills performance and awareness and practise of valuesapply your mentoring knowledge and skills to diverse mentoring scenarioscontribute to cultural change in the field of medicine.In this book you will discover: mentoring as a partnership and a process for doctor developmentthe mentors role in the partnership and processhow to recognise and respond to the developmental needs of doctorsprinciples and practices of teaching and giving feedbacka toolkit of ten versatile tools for the mentor role: purposeful communication partnership goal-directed interaction curriculum and performance standards brief intervention resilience work career guidance confidentiality evaluation and reflective practice of mentoringhow diverse stakeholders can contribute to cultivating a culture of mentoring in the field of medicinetheory practical guidelines and narrative to illustrate mentoring in practiceworksheets templates and examples.Authors Dianne Salvador and Dr Joel Wight introduce a mentoring methodology that is compatible with contemporary clinical training systems and offer an approach to the mentors role with utility for doctors in all areas of medicine. This book makes mentor training accessible and mentoring practice achievable for all doctors.