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| A peer mentorship program for mental health professionals in veterans health administration home-based primary care | | Author(s) | Danielle L Terry, Heath Gordon, Pamela Steadman-Wood, Michele J Karel |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 40, no 2, March-April 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, March-April 2017 |
| Pages | pp 97-105 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Psychiatrists ; In-service training ; Coordination ; Armed Forces ; Therapeutic services [domiciliary] ; General practice ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Mental health professionals working in integrated, interdisciplinary primary or geriatric care settings may have limited training for this growing model of care. Peer mentorship is one avenue of professional development support. The authors describe the development and evaluation of a peer mentorship programme for American mental health professionals working within Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) programmes. Electronic surveys were administered to 57 peer mentorship pairs matched for programme participation. The survey examined programme utilisation characteristics, nature of peer contact, and benefits and challenges reported by participants. Overall, mentor and mentee respondents (N = 58) cited numerous benefits of engaging in the programme. Mentees reported their peer mentorship relationships provided acceptance, support, encouragement and positive role modelling. Findings suggest peer mentoring can be an important professional resource to offer mental health professionals new to working in integrated, geriatric care settings. Peer mentoring following formal academic training may be an important option for professional development, supporting enhanced competence and, ultimately, improved patient care and team functioning. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-171124206 A |
| Classmark | QT9: QWD: QAJ: VMM: N3: L5: 3F: 7T |
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