TY  - JOUR
TI  - An organizational-development approach to implementing mentoring partnerships: Best practices from physician programs
AU  - Giancola, J.
AU  - Heaney, M.
AU  - Metzger, A.
AU  - Whitman, B.
AB  - Building upon the mentoring literature, the present article shares an organizational development (OD) approach to design, implement, institutionalize, and evaluate a successful formal mentoring program. Best practices are shared from the facilitation of programs with physicians in 5 different medical centers including 27 rollouts over 10 years. The authors worked with a representative committee within each department to assess mentoring needs and customize a program for stakeholders. A structured matching process and interest forms were used to pair mentees and mentors. Programs included mentor and mentee workshops, partnership kickoff, peer coaching, and recognition events. Focus groups and surveys were used for program evaluation and for informing program improvement. Mentoring-program momentum was maintained through ongoing communication, participant recognition, and program celebration and evolution. Top-down and bottom-up support were integral to getting a program started and keeping it going long term. In this article, the authors share critical success factors and lessons learned to help overcome potential barriers to mentoring-program implementation and to ensure effective integration with the existing departmental and organizational culture within a health-care system. 
IS  - 3
JO  - Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research
PY  - 2016
KW  - Mentoring
KW  - implementing mentoring programs
KW  - formal mentoring programs
KW  - best practices
KW  - physician mentoring
KW  - mentoring in health care
SP  - 208
EP  - 221
UR  - psycnet.apa.org/journals/cpb/68/3/
VL  - 68
LA  - English
ER  -