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This presentation talks about how a mentoring program can be set up for health professionals and some of the things you have to think about when you are designing a mentoring program, especially if it is an e-mentoring scheme.
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eMentoring in Aged Care
Image: 'mentor'
www.flickr.com/photos/88224664@N00/2218777224
Sarah Stewart 2008
http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand License
Plan for today
• Barriers to traditional mentoring
• Advantages of eMentoring
• Practical points to consider when designing an eMentoring program
• Wider issues for consideration
Barriers to traditional mentoring programs
Image: 'Tunnels of Time' www.flickr.com/photos/21649179@N00/406635986
• Time
Image: 'Money!' www.flickr.com/photos/37108241@N00/61056391
Geographical isolation
Image: 'The Lady Bunny Interview'
www.flickr.com/photos/27086465@N00/63131914
Scarcity of suitable mentors
Utilizing technology, e-mentoring is the process by
which [two] people assist each other to grow and learn
in a safe and supportive relationship.
(Kevin Hunt 2003)
Advantages of computer-mediated communication (CMC)
Image: 'IMG_8118' www.flickr.com/photos/18374272@N00/183503927
Reduces isolation
Time to reflect
Image: 'elephant talk' www.flickr.com/photos/47968145@N00/325235488
Image: '*Time* Ticking away...' www.flickr.com/photos/15734079@N00/1032525361
Increases access to mentors
Image: 'Clowning Around' www.flickr.com/photos/42921300@N00/264814182
Computer Skills
Matching
• Similar– Promotes rapport & acceptance
• Random– viv la difference!
• Careful selection & training of mentors
Ongoing support for mentors & mentees
Salmon, 2004
Mentoring in ‘communities of practice’Mentoring in ‘communities of practice’
Image: 'After 5 days of processing in a 10 day index build ‘www.flickr.com/photos/44124477712@N01/19954330
Image: 'Ciber Cafe' www.flickr.com/photos/70321513@N00/95757299
Attitudes about ‘time’
Image: 'From the Ashes of the First Stars - An Artist9s Impression by NASA/ESA/ESO/STECF (NASA)' www.flickr.com/photos/39735679@N00/490020730
Image: 'The Key of my mind...' www.flickr.com/photos/44532984@N00/755378645
Not motivation…ownership
Downes, 2007