Measuring outcomes of a successful mentoring dyad

Caruso, Judith T.; Perez, Kathleen

doi:10.1097/01.numa.0000754096.40272.05

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“…Because of the individual personality differences of both mentees and mentors and their interactions, it is challenging to monitor the individual development process of each mentee in a structured way (17). Although some tools already exist for this purpose (18), their use is often mentor-based and/or resource-intensive, and these tools generally cannot meet the demands of senior surgeons and their schedules. An alternative to mentor-based assessment may be self-assessment by mentees.…”

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MatricS—A novel tool for monitoring professional role development in surgical disciplines

Necknig

Leyh²,

Waidelich³

et al. 2022

Front. Surg.

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IntroductionMentoring is an effective method for human resource development. Monitoring the process is important for individual mentee/mentor pairs as well as for program directors. Due to individual personality differences of both mentees and mentors and their respective interactions, it is challenging to monitor the individual development process of mentees in a structured manner. This study investigates to what extent a novel instrument, the mentee-based assessment tool for role development of interpersonal competencies in surgical professions (MatricS) can adequately monitor the professional role development process of residents during an established mentoring program.Material and methodsIn a prospective longitudinal study, the competence development of 31 mentees in two subsequent cohorts was assessed by a modified role matrix based on Canadian Medical Education Directives for Specialists. The evaluation focused on three defined roles (D, developer; N, networker; M, multiplicator) at three levels (private, employer-related, national/international) with four stages of development. For validation of mentee self-assessments, the assessments of the respective mentors were recorded alongside. For correlation analyses, Pearson coefficients were calculated, pre-post-comparisons were done by paired t-tests; significance was assumed at p < 0.05, respectively.ResultsMentee self-assessments overall correlated well with the objective mentor assessments (Pearson's r 0.8, p < 0.001). Significant correlations of this magnitude were found for both individual cohorts as well as for all individual roles. The mentees acquired competencies in all roles indicated by significant increases of corresponding MatricS scores. The largest competency gains (mean ± SD) were found in the role D (start: 1.30 ± 0.77, end: 2.13 ± 0.83, p < 0.001). The majority of mentees achieved the prespecified target competency level in >75% of all roles and levels.ConclusionThe role development process during mentoring can be reliably monitored by using MatricS. MatricS scores highly correlate between mentees and mentors, indicating that mentee self-assessments are suitable and sufficient for monitoring. These findings help to lessen the work burden on senior surgeons and thus can help to increase the acceptance of mentoring programs in surgical disciplines.

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confidence: 99%