Research Article
Toward an Interprofessional Mentoring Program in Palliative Care - A Review of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Mentoring in Medicine, Nursing, Surgery and Social Work
Wu Jingting1, Muhammad Taufeeq Wahab1, Muhammad Fadhli Bin Mohamad Ikbal1*, Loo Teck Wee Wesley1, Ravindran Kanesvaran1,2,3, Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna1,2,4,5
1Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
2Practice Course, Duke NUS Postgraduate Medical School, Singapore
3Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center, Singapore
4Department of Palliative Medicine, National Cancer Center, Singapore
5Center for Biomedical Ethics, National University, Singapore
- *Corresponding Author:
- Muhammad Fadhli Bin Mohamad Ikbal
Department of Medicine
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
Tel: +65 9777 8125
E-mail: fadhliikbal@yahoo.com.sg
E-mail: m_montalto@msn.com
Received date: November 10, 2016; Accepted date: November 25, 2016; Published date: November 27, 2016
Citation: Wahab MT, Ikbal MFM, Jingting W, Wesley LTW, Kanesvaran R, et al. (2016) Toward an Interprofessional Mentoring Program in Palliative Care - A Review of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Mentoring in Medicine, Nursing, Surgery and Social Work. J Palliat Care Med 6:292. doi: 10.4172/2165-7386.1000292
Copyright: © 2016 Jingting, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Objective: Key to effective is interdisciplinary collaboration and holistic support of members of the multidisciplinary team. Mentoring is increasingly seen as being a critical facet of this process however; there is a dearth of guidance on establishing such a program within the Palliative Care setting. To fill this gap, this review analyzes mentoring programs in medicine, surgery, nursing and social work in order to identify key elements and common facets of successful mentoring programs that can be used to create a multi-professional mentoring program in Palliative Care. Methods: A review of systematic review of undergraduate and postgraduate mentoring programs in medicine, surgery, nursing and social work involving senior clinicians and junior doctors and/or medical students. Results: A total of 20 reviews were included. One review was on mentoring in medicine and nursing, 10 in medicine, 4 in surgery and 5 in nursing. There were no reviews of mentoring in social work. Thematic analysis revealed 3 themes, which were definition of mentoring, components of a mentoring approach and elements of the mentoring process Conclusion: Despite its context sensitive, goal specific and mentee- and mentor- dependent features, common features in mentoring in medicine, surgery and nursing lay the foundation for a learning theory of interprofessional mentoring that can guide construct effective mentorship programs.
