Mentorship in critical care.
In line with Project 2000, the development of core-curriculum based training in post-basic education has led to changes in assessment strategies. The Critical Care core-curriculum with its reduced time span of only six months has meant that specialist input is reduced. The time span for each branch has almost halved that of the traditional ENB 176 course. The students spend eight weeks in the classroom leaving only 16 weeks for practice. As a result, it becomes very important to have an effective mentoring programme. This article looks at the mentoring dimension in post registration common core courses. It defines the term as used, and outlines factors which influence an effective mentoring programme as well as suggesting some ways which may help mentors maintain this role.
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D003422:Critical Care; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors