Development and validation of a health profession education-focused scholarly mentorship assessment tool.

ABSTRACT:

Problem

PhD-trained researchers working in health professions education (HPE) regularly engage in one-on-one, or one-on-few, scholarly mentorship activities. While this work is often a formal expectation of these scientists' roles, rarely is there formal institutional acknowledgement of this mentorship. In fact, there are few official means through which a research scientist can document the frequency or quality of the scholarly mentorship they provide.

Approach

OUTCOMES: The STHPE assessment tool has appropriate psychometric properties and evidence supporting acceptability. It can be used to document areas of strength and areas for improvement for research scientists engaged in HPE-related scholarly mentorship.

Next steps

At present, the STHPE assessment tool is the

SUBMITTER: St-Onge C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6382618 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature