title: Bridge mentoring: a teaching model.
abstract: Bridge Program mentors' simultaneous roles of teacher, role model and counselor carry a heavy burden for the success of the mentoring process. While teaching rudimentary research skills and what to expect from a mentor, the mentor must begin to moderate the use of the authority that is inherent in the teaching role. The management of the role transition process is requisite to whether the mentoring or teaching role dominates. The ambiguities of the mentoring and teaching processes often create pitfalls that hinder the mentor and student commitment to work together. The mentoring process; pitfalls, specifically those related to mentors' cultural backgrounds; and selected mentor-mentee relationship examples are presented.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland at Baltimore, USA.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008611:Mentors; D008913:Minority Groups; D017145:Models, Educational; D011361:Professional Competence; D012380:Role