Mentor communication skills training: Development, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy Journal Article
| Authors: | Banerjee, S. C.; Parker, P. A.; Staley, J. M.; Manna, R.; Mahoney, C.; Liberman, L. |
| Article Title: | Mentor communication skills training: Development, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy |
| Abstract: | Background: Mentoring is vital to career development in academic medicine, and communication underlies all aspects of the mentoring relationship. Although training research mentors has been shown to be effective, few academic medicine faculties have received training in how to mentor. The investigators developed a novel intervention, the Mentor Communication Skills Training for Oncology Faculty (“Comskil Mentor Training”) and examined feasibility and preliminary efficacy. Methods: The study was a single arm pre-post intervention design. The intervention (Comskil Mentor Training) was offered in one virtual 3-hour session and included a didactic lecture with exemplary skill demonstration videos, facilitator-led small group role plays with trained actors, and evaluation. 19 faculty members from 12 departments participated in the training. Results: All participants completed the training. Overall, the training was rated favorably, with more than 80% of participants indicating that they “agreed” or “strongly agreed” with training evaluation. From pre- to post-training, significant improvement was seen in participants’ overall self-efficacy to communicate with mentees, as well as participants’ overall use of communication skills and mentoring-specific language. Conclusions: Our findings support the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a virtually delivered experiential mentor communication skills training program for multidisciplinary clinical and research faculty in oncology. © The Author(s) 2024. |
| Keywords: | adult; oncology; feasibility study; education; feasibility studies; program evaluation; communication; medical oncology; communication skills training; interpersonal communication; medical school; academic medicine; faculty, medical; faculty; cancer care; mentors; humans; human; male; female; mentoring; mentor; training evaluation |
| Journal Title: | BMC Medical Education |
| Volume: | 24 |
| ISSN: | 1472-6920 |
| Publisher: | Biomed Central Ltd |
| Date Published: | 2024-06-10 |
| Start Page: | 646 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12909-024-05616-7 |
| PUBMED: | 38858656 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC11165731 |
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| Notes: | The MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) is acknowledged in the PDF -- Corresponding authors is MSK author: Smita C. Banerjee -- Source: Scopus |
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