1. Mentoring is important for career progression and personal development, but biases can exist in mentoring relationships.
2. Effective mentoring requires reflecting on one's own assumptions and treating all mentees equally, based on their individual needs and goals.
3. Overcoming biases in mentoring requires empathy, establishing trust, and making changes at both the individual and organizational levels.
2. 1. Mentoring- an overview
2. Mentoring across differences- gender biases
3. Making mentorship work
3.
4. Accessed 5 May 2016 at http://www.sccm.org/Communications/Critical-Connections/Archives/Pages/Finding-Your-Match-in-Mentorship.aspx
5. At its simplest, mentorship occurs when one individual (the mentor)
who possesses more or different experience, supports another
individual (the mentee) in their personal and/or professional
development.
ICU mentoring guide. Educational and organizational development 2013. Alfred Health
MENTOR MENTEE
6. Productive research careers
Better preparation in making career decisions
Networking within a profession
Aids stress management
WE ARE ALL MENTORS!
WHY DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MENTORING?
JAMA, May 16, 2007—Vol 297, No. 19
7. EFFECTIVE MENTOR
MENTOR MENTEE
Mentoring with Backbone and Heart
Career advancement
ICU mentoring guide. Educational and organizational development 2013. Alfred Health
10. Accessed 5TH May 2016 at https://staff.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/583305/Mentoring-Types.pdf
Unplanned
No or little organizational involvement
May not be measured
Natural relationship requiring little or no training
No standards set for selection of mentors and mentees
Planned
Organizational involvement
Measured and monitored
Training for all participants usually provided
Assessment and selection for mentors and mentees
INFORMAL MENTORING FORMAL MENTORING
11. Conflicts in roles- supervisor as mentors
Maintaining boundaries
Having multiple mentors
Challenging personalities
MENTORING ACROSS DIFFERENCES
CHALLENGES IN MENTORING
15. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
report 2014
WOMEN IN ICU WORKFORCE
16.6%
Fellows
35% Trainees 4/18 CICM board
1/15 ANZICS board
16. AMA victoria
CICM
Mentoring programs in hospitals
Informal mentoring
MENTORING PROGRAMS
EFFECTIVE??
Mentoring for change http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/resources/486
21. Mentors, predominantly male,
helped women to understand ‘ways they might need to change as they
move up the leadership pipeline’
while helping men to ‘plan their moves and take charge in new roles, in
addition to endorsing their authority publicly’
Ibarra, Carter and Silva
Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women
23. Men mistakenly expect women to think,
communicate and react the way men do.
Women mistakenly expect men to feel,
communicate and respond the way women do.
We have forgotten that men and women are
supposed to be different
24.
25. The behavioural styles that are most valued in traditionally
masculine cultures- and most used as indicators of
potential are often unappealing or un-natural for high-
potential women, whose sense of authenticity can feel
violated by the tacit leadership requirement
Mentoring seems intended to assimilate women into the
dominant masculine corporate culture
Ibarra, Carter and Silva
Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women
Accessed 6th May at https://hbr.org/2010/09/why-men-still-get-more-promotions-than-women
26.
27. On Confidence, Competence, and Women in Emergency Medicine
Accessed 6th May 2016 at https://sluckettg.org/2016/04/07/on-confidence-competence-and-women-in-emergency-medicine/
“You came off as a bit of a bitch”
36. Journal of Strategic Leadership, Vol. 3 Iss. 2, Winter 2011, pp. 1-12.
Leadership styles: transformational, participative, and inclusive
Emotional intelligence
Establishing a collegial environment through displaying nurture,
empathy, loyalty, respect, and a team spirit.
Communal qualities of compassion, affection, and gentleness,
Honesty
Advocating for one’s principles under political pressure, negotiating compromises, keeping government
honest, and representing the interests of the people.
Greater inclusiveness, empathy, and communication to the exercise of leadership
Ethical
37.
38.
39. 1. Mentoring is important for career progression and well being
2. We are all mentors (consciously or unconsciously)
3. The glass ceiling and mentoring biases- for women and minority
groups
1. HOW TO DO A BETTER JOB AT MENTORING
40. HOW I CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF MENTORING
Manage Me Manage
Mentee
Manage
Organisation
41. Manage Me Manage
Mentee
Manage
Organisation
I am a mentor
Reflect and learn from my mentoring relationship
Having insight into any implicit or explicit assumptions
Are all my mentees getting the same mentoring opportunities,
Am I actually treating my mentees equally
Am I treating my mentees the way THEY want to be treated
Am I ‘choosy’ when it comes to selecting mentees
Strategies to
overcome biases
Make changes at an organisational level
Exactly how many female doctors work in intensive care in Australia?
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report workforce data derived from a survey associated with AHPRA medical registration (response rate 89%). They reported 507 doctors employed as specialist intensivists in 2014, of whom 16.6% were women. There were 554 doctors working as ICU trainees, of whom 35% were women.
The Medical Training Review Panel report collects data directly from specialty colleges regarding their fellows and trainees. In 2013, 16.8% of CICM fellows and 32.7% of CICM advanced trainees were female. In comparison, 52.8% of domestic and 49.1% of international 2014 medical graduates were women.
There are even fewer women in leadership positions within intensive care medicine. 4 out of the 18 members of the CICM board are women. There is one woman sitting on the 15 member ANZICS board.
The fact that the proportion of female trainees is higher than the proportion of female CICM fellows is promising. However we need to work to ensure this translates to more female fellows in the future, and improved female representation in leadership positions within our specialty.