Developing Mentors for Community Service Doctors

Twelve tips for developing effective mentors.

Mentoring is often identified as a crucial step in achieving career success. However, not all medical trainees or educators recognize the value of a mentoring relationship. Since medical educators rarely receive training on the mentoring process, they are often ill equipped to face challenges when taking on major mentoring responsibilities. This article is based on half-day workshops presented ...

Developing AIDS community service consortia.

Developing Best Practices for Prospective Teachers and Mentors with Technology

In order to extend to a wider public our Observatory out-reach facilities, we propose a project of an internet site, whose primary goal is education intended for students and for anyone interested in learning about our universe. The most important aspect of the project is the use a telescope, with digital camera, as a remote network device which will allow to users to acquire and analyze real a...

Doctors and voluntary service.

Doctors are involved in voluntary service more commonly than both the community and our professional colleagues realise. Traditionally, doctors are seen as busy healers who never stop looking after the sick and/or making a fortune from their daily activities. On the other hand, many in society think doctors are typically earning such high incomes that they can readily afford to volunteer their ...

Developing a community matron service: a neighbourhood model.

NHS Blackburn with Darwen Provider Services Unit has adopted an innovative team approach to improve patient access to its community matron service. This article reviews the national picture and local development of the community matrons role.