Provide organizational structures and opportunities for developing mentors' interprofessional mentoring competence¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The review's implication states that to ensure high-quality interprofessional clinical practice, "special attention should be given to mentors' interprofessional mentoring competence, and a range of opportunities and organizational structures should be provided for competence development." This directs healthcare organizations and educators to build mentor education and support structures. The strategy targets the preparation and development competency area of the framework.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Organizational structures and opportunities for mentors' competence development
• Trained and resourced coordinators and manager support

Constraints¶

• Some mentors find interprofessional mentoring challenging

Target Learners¶

• undergraduate healthcare, social care and medical students

Target Learning Goals¶

• interprofessional mentoring competence
• interprofessional collaborative practice

Claims¶

• Mentoring interprofessional students in clinical practice requires specific competencies that differ from profession-specific and individual mentoring [+W]
• Mentors often feel unprepared and uncomfortable mentoring students from other professions [+W]
• Preparing for and developing interprofessional clinical practice requires engaging all stakeholders, collaboration with managers and education providers, and solving administrative and logistical constraints [+W]
• Review synthesizes three competency areas: preparing/developing interprofessional practice, supporting the learning process, and creating an interprofessional mentor identity [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Develop healthcare leaders' digital competence through continuous education, mentoring, and organizational structures

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Juntunen, J., Tuomikoski, A.‐M., Pramila‐Savukoski, S., Kaarlela, V., Keinänen, A.‐L., Kääriäinen, M., & Mikkonen, K. (2025). Healthcare professionals' experiences of required competencies in mentoring of interprofessional students in clinical practice: A systematic review of qualitative studies. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81, 701–729. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16347