Abusive culture in medical education: Mentors must mend their ways

Singh, Tejinder Singh Swaran; Singh, Avtar

doi:10.4103/0970-9185.236659

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“…At the heart of concerns amongst administrators, program designers, and curriculum advisor as well as some mentors and mentees are growing concerns over reports of ethical issues in mentoring. 5-14 Attributed to poor understanding and consequently ineffective structuring of mentoring programs recent reports list misappropriation of mentees’ work, breaching professional boundaries, and bullying as just some of the issues faced by mentees in poorly structured and supported programs. 5-14 Addressing gaps in understanding and structuring novice mentoring is hampered by a lack of data.…”

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“…5-14 Attributed to poor understanding and consequently ineffective structuring of mentoring programs recent reports list misappropriation of mentees’ work, breaching professional boundaries, and bullying as just some of the issues faced by mentees in poorly structured and supported programs. 5-14 Addressing gaps in understanding and structuring novice mentoring is hampered by a lack of data.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Enhancing Mentoring in Palliative Care: An Evidence Based Mentoring Framework

Krishna

Tan

Ong

et al. 2020

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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Background: Growing concerns over ethical issues in mentoring in medicine and surgery have hindered efforts to reinitiate mentoring for Palliative Care (PC) physicians following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Ranging from the misappropriation of mentee’s work to bullying, ethical issues in mentoring are attributed to poor understanding and structuring of mentoring programs, underlining the need for a consistent approach to mentoring practices. Methods: Given diverse practices across different settings and the employ of various methodologies, a novel approach to narrative reviews (NR)s is proposed to summarize, interpret, and critique prevailing data on novice mentoring. To overcome prevailing concerns surrounding the reproducibility and transparency of narrative reviews, the Systematic Evidenced Based Approach (SEBA) adopts a structured approach to searching and summarizing the included articles and employed concurrent content and thematic analysis that was overseen by a team of experts. Results: A total of 18 915 abstracts were reviewed, 62 full text articles evaluated and 41 articles included. Ten themes/categories were ascertained identified including Nature; Stakeholders; Relationship; Approach; Environment; Benefits; Barriers; Assessments; Theories and Definitions. Conclusion: By compiling and scrutinizing prevailing practice it is possible to appreciate the notion of the mentoring ecosystem which sees each mentee, mentor, and host organization brings with them their own microenvironment that contains their respective goals, abilities, and contextual considerations. Built around competency based mentoring stages, it is possible to advance a flexible yet consistent novice mentoring framework.

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Enhancing Mentoring in Palliative Care: An Evidence Based Mentoring Framework

Krishna

Tan

Ong

et al. 2020

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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“…[27][28][29] However, lapses in support and oversight of the mentormentee matching process, the nurturing of relationships between the mentee, mentor and the host organization, and the cultivation of a positive mentoring environment has hindered its full potential. [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] With 2 recent reviews 30,31 attributing ethical issues such as bullying and misappropriation of the mentee's work to neglect on the part of the host, it is critical to scrutinize their role in mentoring programs. [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] With 2 recent reviews 30,31 attributing ethical issues such as bullying and misappropriation of the mentee's work to neglect on the part of the host, it is critical to scrutinize their role in mentoring programs. [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]…”

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The Pivotal Role of Host Organizations in Enhancing Mentoring in Internal Medicine: A Scoping Review

Chia

Tay

Xiao

et al. 2020

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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In undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, mentoring offers personalized training and plays a key role in continuing medical education and the professional development of healthcare professionals. However, poor structuring of the mentoring process has been attributed to failings of the host organization and, as such, we have conducted a scoping review on the role of the host organization in mentoring programs. Guided by Levac et al’s methodological framework and a combination of thematic and content analysis, this scoping review identifies their “defining” and secondary roles. Whilst the “defining” role of the host is to set standards, nurture, and oversee the mentoring processes and relationships, the secondary roles comprise of supporting patient care and specific responsibilities toward the mentee, mentor, program, and organization itself. Critically, striking a balance between structure and flexibility within the program is important to ensure consistency in the mentoring approach whilst accounting for the changing needs and goals of the mentees and mentors.

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