Educator Pathway Level 1: Foundational Mentorship

Learning Strategy and Innovation provides sponsorship to support clinical mentors to attend this class. You must complete a short survey to confirm sponsorship eligibility. At this time we are unable to sponsor all roles in Fraser health. To determine if you are eligible for funding, please fill out this survey: https://fraserhealth.checkbox.ca/Educator-Pathway-Level-1-Foundational-Mentorship

Course Description:
This 1-day workshop is for beginner or intermediate clinical mentors who are new to the role or would like a refresher.

Learn how to share your valuable expertise with colleagues and students – become a mentor! In Fraser Health, mentorship is viewed as a 1:1 learning partnership between experienced staff/employees and a new employee or student.

The learning intentions of this hands-on workshop include:
• Describe roles and responsibilities of mentors and learners within the learning relationship.
• Reflect on one’s own learning style with the intent to assist learners.
• Recognize how theory and learner-centered teaching strategies are used by mentors to facilitate learning.
• Apply principles of providing constructive feedback to foster effective learning relationships.
• Outline the process of identifying learning goals and developing learning plans in collaboration with learners.
• Apply strategies for critical thinking to foster the clinical decision making of learners.
• Develop respectful working relationships to foster effective learning environments.
• Identify strategies and resources for supporting the role transition of learners.