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

ABSTRACT: 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 responsibilit

SUBMITTER: Chia EWY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7536487 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature