Byrne Geraldine, Topping Annie, Kendall Sally, Golding Berenice
School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.
Nurse Res. 2014 Nov;22(2):23-8. doi: 10.7748/nr.22.2.23.e1288.
To provide a template for developing a national mentoring scheme to enhance the contribution practitioner researchers can make to the quality of health care in England.
The authors describe the background to and organisation of a mentorship scheme to support those awarded National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) fellowships as part of the Clinical Academic Training (CAT) scheme for nurses, midwives and the allied health professionals in England.
The paper draws on relevant policy documents to explain the development of the NIHR mentorship scheme. It also reviews the literature regarding mentoring in nursing and the health professions.
The review was conducted systematically using keywords: mentorship, clinical academic careers, research, nursing research, clinical academic careers, evidence, health care. Databases included PubMed, CINAHL and Google Scholar. An integrated approach was adopted.
Kirkpatrick's ( 2006 ) four-level evaluation model provided a framework to evaluate the scheme and explore the role of mentorship in supporting NIHR fellows. Preliminary findings from baseline and end-of-year evaluations revealed mentees' expectations of mentorship and its effects on their professional development. Developing a career as a clinical academic can be a challenging journey for novice researchers. In addition, there is a vital need to integrate research with clinical practice.
Mentoring appears valuable in enabling NIHR fellows to navigate the challenges of demanding clinical roles in England's National Health Service while making a high-level contribution to research. The importance of preparing mentors for their role is well documented in the literature but mentees also need preparation and guidance to manage this important relationship.
IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH/PRACTICE: The evaluation has implications for embedding similar schemes across nursing, midwifery and the allied health professions to promote capacity and leadership in clinical academic careers. This study has uniquely identified the need to support mentees as well as mentors in such programmes to ensure the optimal benefit of the programme reaches all participants.
提供一个模板，用于制定一项全国性的指导计划，以提高从业研究人员对英格兰医疗保健质量的贡献。
作者描述了一项指导计划的背景和组织情况，该计划旨在支持那些获得英国国家卫生研究院（NIHR）奖学金的人员，这是英格兰护士、助产士和专职医疗人员临床学术培训（CAT）计划的一部分。
本文借鉴了相关政策文件来解释NIHR指导计划的发展情况。它还回顾了有关护理和卫生专业领域指导的文献。
使用关键词“指导、临床学术职业、研究、护理研究、临床学术职业、证据、医疗保健”进行系统综述。数据库包括PubMed、CINAHL和谷歌学术。采用了综合方法。
柯克帕特里克（2006年）的四级评估模型提供了一个框架，用于评估该计划并探讨指导在支持NIHR研究员方面的作用。基线评估和年终评估的初步结果揭示了学员对指导的期望及其对他们职业发展的影响。对于新手研究人员来说，发展临床学术生涯可能是一段充满挑战的旅程。此外，将研究与临床实践相结合至关重要。
指导对于使NIHR研究员应对英格兰国民保健制度中要求苛刻的临床角色挑战，同时为研究做出高水平贡献似乎很有价值。文献中充分记录了为指导者做好其角色准备的重要性，但学员也需要准备和指导来管理这一重要关系。
对研究/实践的启示：该评估对于在护理、助产和专职医疗专业领域推广类似计划以提升临床学术生涯的能力和领导力具有启示意义。本研究独特地确定了在此类计划中既要支持学员也要支持指导者的必要性，以确保该计划的最大益处惠及所有参与者。
