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WONCA APR Conference 2019 » Workshop
[WS1-06] Building your Future as a Family Physician through Mentorship: Steps for Junior Physicians
Wed. May 15, 2019 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room 8 (1F Room C-2)
Organizer/Chair: Tomoko Sairenji(University of Washington, USA)
Facilitator: Kenya Ie(St. Marianna University/Kawasaki Municipal Tama Hospital, Japan), Tomoki Matsumoto(Aso-Iizuka Hopsital, Japan)
Mentorship is critical for physician career development, however we often do not learn the skills to be successful at mentorships. This workshop is intended for trainees and junior physicians who are in exploratory or beginning stages in their careers, and seeking to develop or further mature in their mentorship relationships.
We will use career development survey results conducted on early-career Japanese physicians to perform a needs assessment and to better guide content. Participants will learn key features of successful mentorship relationships, various mentorship structures (multiple, peer, group, etc), and mentee skills that will make their relationships fruitful and satisfying. We will also cover distance-mentorships, as not everyone has easily accessible mentors, and these can also be extremely effective. We will explore methods of creating formal mentorship relationships, such as mentorship program development. These skills should be readily transferable regardless of where the participants envision their future careers, whether it be in a primarily clinical setting, academic setting, or in research. There will be time for individual and small group work to start brainstorming where and how they can apply learned skills in the real-life setting.