Attendees will be able to identify some
differences among a mentor, a role model
and a coach.
Attendees will be able to verbalize several
positives of the mentoring relationship.
Attendees will be able to verbalize concerns
regarding the mentoring role.
So Why us and Why Now?
Are you a Mentor?
Have you had a Mentor?
Time to Share
1men·tor
noun \ˈmen-ˌtȯr, -tər\ : someone who teaches
or gives help and advice to a less
experienced and often younger person
2men·tor
verb \menˌtôr,-tər/
gerund or present participle: mentoring
advise or train (someone, especially a
younger colleague).
Full Definition of MENTOR
1 capitalized : a friend of Odysseus entrusted
with the education of Odysseus' son
Telemachus
2 a a trusted counselor or guide
b tutor, coach
Role model
Coach
Preceptor
Mentor
Definition according to Merriam-Webster
“someone who another person admires and
tries to be like
a person whose behavior in a particular role
is imitated by others”
noun 1. a person whose behavior, example, or
success is or can be emulated by others,
especially by younger people.
Younger person looks “up to” senior person.
Younger person models behavior after senior
person.
May follow example of senior person.
verb \ˈem-yə-ˌlāt, -yü-\ : to try to be like
(someone or something you admire)
em·u·lat·ed em·u·lat·ing
Full Definition of EMULATE
transitive verb
1 a to strive to equal or excel
b imitate; especially : to imitate by means of
an emulator
2 to equal or approach equality with
Younger person may never have spoken to or
met or even seen a role model.
Younger or less seasoned person doesn’t
necessarily know role model.
According to Merriam-Webster
noun, often attributive \ˈkōch\ : a person who
teaches and trains an athlete or performer
: a person who teaches and trains the members
of a sports team and makes decisions about
how the team plays during games
: a private teacher who gives someone lessons
in a particular subject
May be a teacher
May be involved in “training”
Doesn’t have to be a “teacher” in the usual
sense.
May not be involved in any training of an
individual.
Coaching is:
Mentoring is:
Teaching job skills
Developing career skills
Job planning
Goal setting
Company/Job objectives
Personal Development
Tactical
Strategic
Tangible
Visionary
Short term
Long term
Hands-on
Helicoptering
Coach may drive or set
process/goals
Mentee creates goals/drives
goals with mentor assist
Open
Confidential
Coach may have personal agenda Mentor has no personal agenda
or tie own success to mentee
and does not link own success to
success
that of the mentee
noun \pri-ˈsep-tər, ˈprē-ˌ\
Definition of PRECEPTOR
1 a : teacher, tutor
b : the headmaster or principal of a school
Again, like a teacher or tutor.
Involved in training often at the clinical site.
May be involved in evaluation.
May not be involved in the clinical site or as a
teacher.
Not necessarily involved in formal training.
Never involved in evaluation.
Confidential
Sounding Board
Honesty
Rolodex
Academia
Clinical sites
Organizations
FIND A MENTOR
WORKING AT THE BEDSIDE
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
DAYS AT THE CAPITOLS
E mail
Phone calls
Social media—be cautious!!!
Advancing the profession
Touching the future
Your ideas and vision will continue
Networking
They can help you with their professional expertise
Friendship
They are not your children
Being too dictatorial
Relationship may and often does change with
time and experience
Being able to let them go to others
Losing touch
“ A mentor empowers a person to see a
possible future, and believe it can be
obtained.”
― Shawn Hitchcock
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may
remember, involve me and I learn.”
― Benjamin Franklin