ERIC Number: EJ812551
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Feb
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0149-7189
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Evaluation of a Research Mentorship Program in Community Care
Ploeg, Jenny; de Witt, Lorna; Hutchison, Brian; Hayward, Lynda; Grayson, Kim
Evaluation and Program Planning, v31 n1 p22-33 Feb 2008
This article describes the results of a qualitative case study evaluating a research mentorship program in community care settings in Ontario, Canada. The purpose of the program was to build evaluation and research capacity among staff of community care agencies through a mentorship program. Data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews, focus group interviews, and written evaluations. Three themes were identified: taking hold, fostering hold, and holding on. Mentees took hold of new evaluation and research skills. Factors fostering hold included positive mentoring relationships and participation in relevant research projects. Mentees struggled to hold on to, and apply their skills within a community care context of challenges such as constrained resources and a mandate to provide client-centered care. The lessons learned include having trainees participate in relevant, time-limited evaluation and research projects, and early implementation of mechanisms to sustain integration of trainees' knowledge and skills within community care agencies. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Mentors, Research Projects, Research Methodology, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Research Skills, Trainees, Program Evaluation, Community Health Services, Guidance Programs, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Program Descriptions
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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