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Mentors

Mentors are experienced individuals who provide guidance, support, and advice to individuals, often in a professional or academic setting.
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Comprised of 33 members from 11 European countries and the USA, this EULAR Task Force included four patient representatives, 24 rheumatologists, an infectious disease specialist, a health economist and three fellows; care was taken to have a good representation of clinicians and experts experienced in RA clinical trials and their analysis from all European regions.
Initially, a Steering Group prioritised research questions and search terms for the three SLRs. These searches expanded and updated the available published information on efficacy of csDMARDs (as monotherapy or combination therapy, with and without glucocorticoids), efficacy of bDMARDs (as monotherapy or combined with csDMARDs) and safety aspects of csDMARDs and bDMARDs; treatment strategies were contained in the present SLRs rather than being separate as in 2010.7 (link) Although the SLRs informing the 2010 EULAR recommendations also included a search on economic evaluations,8 (link) the Steering Group felt that re-evaluation was not necessary because the approval status and price of new agents such as bsDMARDs was unknown.
Subsequently, with the help of their mentors, the three fellows performed the respective SLRs using established databases, including registry data for safety outcomes, and abstracts, especially from recent meetings (American College of Rheumatology 2012, EULAR 2012 and 2013). Details on and results of the SLRs are reported separately.13–15 (link) Levels of evidence and grades of recommendation were determined according to the standards of the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.16
Publication 2013
Combined Modality Therapy Communicable Diseases Europeans Feelings Glucocorticoids Mentors Patient Representatives Rheumatologist Safety
Training for the paraprofessional Mentor Mothers focuses on adapting existing evidence-based HIV- and alcohol-related interventions (O’Connor and Whaley 2007 (link); Rotheram-Borus and Duan 2003 (link); Rotheram-Borus et al. 2004a (link), b (link); Teasdale and Besser 2008 ) to a new South African cultural context (South Africa National Department of Health 2008 ). Mentor Mothers were trained over a 2-month period initially and a comprehensive intervention manual was designed. From among 40 women accepted for training, 13 were hired as Mentor Mothers. The Mentor Mothers work half-time (4 h daily), making home visits on 4 days and attending supervision 1 day weekly. Twice monthly, a supervisor attends the home visits with the Mentor Mother.
A mobile phone intervention delivery support, monitoring, and supervision system is also utilized by the Mentor Mothers who carry study-issued mobile phones with a study-specific application loaded onto it. When a mother prepares to enter a home for a visit she enters the client’s identifying information into the phone and receives a confirmatory prompt as to which pre- or postnatal session needs to be delivered. Upon exiting the home, the Mentor Mother is prompted to select which of eight core intervention topics were discussed at the visit. The visit duration is automatically recorded based on the entry and exit survey time stamps. This information is reviewed by supervisors and discussed in case consultations during the weekly supervision meetings where they discuss why certain topics were not addressed (e.g., not applicable, or no time due to other priorities) and provide decision-making support.
Publication 2011
Ethanol Menstruation Disturbances Mentors Mothers Obstetric Delivery Southern African People Supervision Woman

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Publication 2009
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Adolescent Health Education Mentors Mentorships Parent Physical Examination Student Tooth Attrition Workshops Youth
SD-OCT imaging was done in the same session as cSLO, i.e. animals remained anaesthetized using identical preparatory steps. Mouse eyes were subjected to SD-OCT using the commercially available Spectralis™ HRA+OCT device from Heidelberg Engineering featuring a broadband superluminescent diode at λ = 880 nm as low coherent light source. Each two-dimensional B-Scan recorded at 30° field of view consists of 1536 A-Scans, which are acquired at a speed of 40,000 scans per second. Optical depth resolution is ca. 7 μm with digital resolution reaching 3.5 μm.8 (link)
To adapt for the optical qualities of the mouse eye, we mounted a commercially available 78D double aspheric fundus lens (Volk Optical, Inc., Mentor, OH) directly in front of the camera unit. Imaging was performed using the proprietary software package Eye Explorer version 3.2.1.0 from Heidelberg Engineering. Length of the reference pathway was adjusted manually according to manufacturers instructions using the “OCT debug window” (press Ctrl/Shift/Alt/O simultaneously to open window in the active, calibrated OCT mode) to adjust for the optical length of the scanning pathway. The combination of scanning laser retinal imaging and SD-OCT allows for real-time tracking of eye movements and real-time averaging of OCT scans, reducing speckle noise in the OCT images considerably.8 (link) Resulting data were exported as 8 bit grey scale image files and processed in Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Adobe Systems, San Jose, CA). For quantification of central retinal thickness based on high resolution volume scans, we used the proprietary Eye Explorer. Briefly, each volume scan consisted of at least 70 B-Scans recorded at 30° field of view centered on the optic disc, which were used to calculate an interpolated retinal thickness map across the scanned retinal area. Central retinal thickness was quantified using the circular OCT grid subfield at 3 mm diameter with the center located on the optic disc.
Publication 2009
Animals Forehead Lens, Crystalline Light Medical Devices Mentors Movement Mus Optic Disk POU5F1 protein, human Retina Vision Visual Pathways
The search strategy was reviewed independently by subject experts/librarians at the University of Calgary (for full database search strategies, please check the appendix). The following terms were used to search all trial registers and databases: stigma-related terms AND mental health-related terms AND workplace-related terms AND program evaluation-related terms. Limitations were applied with regards to restrictions in type of study design and type of participants as described above, as well as to studies on stigma related to physical health conditions or interventions aiming to reduce drug use (e.g. smoking cessation) unless they provided a quantitative measure on stigma related to drug use and didn’t target healthcare providers.
Stigma-related terms: stigma*, labeling, prejudice, social acceptance or social approval, social discrimination, social perception, stereotyped attitudes, shame, discrimination or disability discrimination, judgment, fairness, health services accessibility, treatment barriers.
Mental health-related terms: mental disorders, psychiatric patients, psychiatric symptoms, recovery disorders, relapse disorders, work-related illnesses, mental health, well-being.
Workplace-related terms: occupations, employment history, occupational adjustment, occupational tenure, personnel, professional personnel, working women, employment status, employability, reemployment, supported employment, occupational health, industrial and organizational psychology, working conditions, unemployment, personnel termination, downsizing, workplace*, quality of work life, occupational stress, organizational climate.
Program evaluation-related terms: mental illness (attitudes toward), mental health program evaluation or mental health programs, community mental health training or mental health inservice training or inservice training or professional development, program development, program evaluation, health promotion, health education or health knowledge or health literacy or social marketing or client education, structured clinical interview or interviews or psychodiagnostic interview or interviewers or interviewing or qualitative research or questioning or narratives or life review or narrative therapy or storytelling or health attitudes or attitudes or disabled (attitudes toward) or employee attitudes or employer attitudes or health personnel attitudes, or occupational attitudes or public opinion or work (attitude toward) or attitude measurement or attitude measures, campaign or initiative or aware or program or train or intervene or workshop or seminar or curriculum or booster session or strategy or implement or course or symposium or coach or mentor or blitz or policy or policies or guideline or recommendation or standard, questionnaires or mail surveys or surveys or telephone surveys.
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Publication 2016
Attitude of Health Personnel Climate Conferences Discrimination, Psychology Education of Patients Health Education Health Literacy Health Personnel Health Promotion Interviewers Mental Disorders Mental Health Mentors Narrative Therapy Patients Pharmaceutical Preparations Physical Examination Program Development Relapse Secondary Immunization Shame Social Perception Women, Working Workers

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The basic feature of the PeriKIP social innovation was that trained facilitators supported local stakeholder groups at the commune level and at district and provincial hospital levels in their efforts to improve perinatal healthcare practices. Seven laywomen from the Women’s Union were recruited as facilitators on the commune level. Facilitator positions were advertised openly, and recruitment was based on applicants’ previous experience with community activities and communication skills. A retired director (physician) of the Reproductive Health Centre on the provincial level in Cao Bang was recruited and trained to take the role as facilitator in the participating four hospitals. The project was implemented within the existing healthcare system [37 (link)] to increase the local accountability and ownership of quality improvement among stakeholders responsible for health (see Table 1). The PeriKIP groups at the three different levels were expected to meet once a month for the project’s duration. Participating in meetings and actions within PeriKIP was expected to be part of the stakeholders’ duties. Therefore, none was paid for their engagement besides the village health worker and the Women’s Union worker from the village level, who were reimbursed for travel expenses enabling them to attend monthly meetings.

PeriKIP group stakeholders at three health system levels

Stakeholder groups at the commune level: Each commune has one Commune Health Centre providing primary healthcare. In each of the communes in the study area (n=48), one PeriKIP group was established with the following eight participants: three Commune Health Centre staff (head of Community Health Centre, midwife and nurse), one village health worker, one vice chairperson of the Peoples committee, one women union representative from community level, one women union representative from village level and one population officer
District and provincial hospital level: In each of the district hospitals in the study area (n=3) and in the provincial hospital (n=1), one PeriKIP group was established with the following eight participants: one midwife from the antenatal care clinic, one midwife from the labour ward, the head nurse of the paediatric department, the head of the obstetric department (physician), the head of the paediatric department (physician), the head of the general planning department, the leader of the hospital director board and one representative from Reproductive Health Centre at district or provincial level
During 2 weeks, the research group trained locally recruited facilitators with theoretical sessions, group discussions and role-play activities. Topics covered group dynamics and quality improvement methods (brainstorming and the PDSA cycle). To facilitate discussions about perinatal care, the facilitators were introduced to basic evidence-based neonatal care per recommendations in the Vietnamese National Guidelines in Reproductive Health Care [38 ]. Also, facilitators were briefed on the current health situation in their respective districts and the function of the healthcare system concerning reproductive health. Guides on facilitators’ roles, attitudes, responsibilities and how to handle challenging situations were based on the i-PARIHS framework [24 ] and modified materials from the NeoKIP project [39 (link)]. At the end of the training, facilitators practised their skills in rural communes and district hospitals outside the study area followed by feedback discussions on performance. One person with reproductive health responsibilities from each district was recruited as a mentor of the facilitators working in the communes of that district. These persons attended the facilitator training and participated in separate sessions focusing on how to mentor facilitators. A guide describing the role of the mentors was also developed and used to support the mentors in their roles. Members of the research group were not involved in delivering the intervention to the local stakeholder groups. Trained facilitators within PeriKIP received a monthly salary.
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Publication 2023
Care, Prenatal Conditioning, Psychology Infant, Newborn Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy Mentors Midwife Nurses Nurses, Head Pediatric Nurse Perinatal Care Physicians Primary Health Care Reproduction Vietnamese Village Health Workers Woman Workers
A process evaluation employing qualitative and quantitative methods prospectively tracked the implementation to describe how the social innovation was initiated, carried out and how participants responded to the innovation. The process evaluation was performed according to the UK Medical Research Council guidelines: implementation, mechanism of impact and context [41 (link)]. We developed a logic model, underpinning the assumptions on which the intervention was thought to function (see Additional file 1). For each of the three components, key questions needing an answer to understand the process were formulated, followed by identifying the target population, data sources, procedures, and tools (see Additional file 1). The implementation of the innovation: What was delivered and how it was delivered, including the procedures used to approach and attract facilitators, mentors, and group stakeholders (recruitment), the participation (reach), and the efforts of the facilitators (dose). Mechanism of impact: The participants’ responses to and interactions with the innovation. In this component, we explored why specific reactions to social innovation resulted in particular outcomes. Furthermore, we also explored the problems the groups addressed, the type and relevance of prioritised issues, actions taken, the interaction between group and facilitator and methods used. Context: What contextual aspects that influenced the innovation, the implementation and the mechanism of impact, leading to different outcomes. The outcomes of the social innovation included the relevance of identified problems and completion of PDSA cycles, knowledge of perinatal care, perspectives of gaining knowledge and performance of antenatal care. The following data collection modes and tools were used to monitor data of the three process evaluation components and the outcomes of the social innovation:
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Publication 2023
Care, Prenatal Mentors Perinatal Care Process Assessment, Health Care Target Population
Facilitators participated in focus group discussions (FGDs) after the training, 6 months later and after completing the project. A total of 15 FDGs with homogeneous groups of PeriKIP stakeholders from the commune level were undertaken in each district after 12 months: village health workers (n = 3), vice-chairpersons (n = 3), midwives (n = 3), commune health centre heads (n = 3) and Women’s Union representatives (n = 3). The rationale for undertaking FGDs with homogeneous groups was to understand how different stakeholders perceived their roles in the groups, allowing for potentially critical comments about other stakeholders’ involvement. One FGD was undertaken with each of the PeriKIP groups at the hospital level (n = 4) and one with the three mentors. Lastly, one individual interview was undertaken with the Reproductive Health Centre director in Cao Bang province after 12 months of implementation. The qualitative data collection aimed at understanding the mechanisms of change: the acceptability, usefulness, and operationalisation of the intervention at different levels [42 (link), 43 ]. The question guides were inspired by the i-PARIHS [44 (link)] and the UK Medical Research Council framework [41 (link)]. The FGDs and the interview were audio-recorded and lasted 60–90 min.
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Publication 2023
Head Mentors Midwife Reproduction Village Health Workers Woman
This retrospective medical chart review consisted of collecting data regarding diabetic patients 18 years and older who have participated in the teleophthalmology program offered throughout the state of WV between January 2017 and June 2019. The WVU institutional review board approved the study protocol. The Volk Pictor (Volk Optical, Inc., Mentor, OH, USA) nonmydriatic cameras used by trained nurses and staff acquired 45-degree fundus images from patients at various primary care and endocrinology clinic settings. In these settings, patients waited in rooms with the lights turned off to maximize pupillary dilation sans mydriatic drop administration. Staff would use the handheld fundus cameras to take photographs that were then uploaded and subsequently reviewed by retina specialists. Both eyes were photographed when possible with hopes of acquiring at least one viable image per eye. The number of attempts made was contingent on the judgment of the trained staff acquiring the images and the tolerance demonstrated by the patients being screened for repeated attempts.
Images were graded by a retina specialist at the WVU Eye Institute. These specialists included three WVU board-certified retina faculty and one vitreoretinal fellow—all patients were assigned to have their set of acquired images evaluated by one of these four specialists. Images were noted as gradable or ungradable, and the extent of DR (absent, mild, moderate, severe, or proliferative) and/or DME (absent, mild, moderate, or severe) was described in accordance to the International Classification of DR scale [24 (link)]. Care plan recommendations and suspicion of other pathologies were also noted. The results with their accompanying care plan recommendations were uploaded to the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) for the use of primary care physicians (PCPs) in their advising of diabetic patients in accordance to the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s guidelines for DR follow-up (Fig. 1). Referral recommendations were made in accordance to those proposed by the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and American Diabetes Association (ADA) [25 (link)]—albeit with the decision to recommend referral for suspected DR of any severity. Recommendations could also be made on the basis of other ocular pathologies that were remarked by reviewing ophthalmologists (e.g., age-related macular degeneration, choroidal nevi, colobomas, hypertensive retinopathy, glaucomatous optic nerves). For the purpose of this study, we exclusively followed patients whose screening findings indicated suspicion for diabetic retinopathy of any severity in at least one eye.

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Publication 2023
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Choroid Coloboma Diabetes Mellitus Diabetic Retinopathy Ethics Committees, Research Faculty Glaucoma Hypertensive Retinopathy Immune Tolerance Light Mentors Mydriasis Mydriatics Nevus Nurses Ophthalmologists Optic Nerve Patients Pneumocystosis Primary Care Physicians Primary Health Care Retina Specialists System, Endocrine Vision
This course (S1 Appendix) consists of 6 hours of instruction on building skills for resilience during the first clinical year of the MBBS (i.e., Year 4). In the respective year, the students are rotating in clinical placements for four days a week and are attending classes on campus once a week (labelled as “MBRU Day”). During the “MBRU Day”, students are offered structured, curricular training across various longitudinal themes, including but not limited to the resilience skills building course. The overall objective of this course is to raise awareness about the challenge of stress in the medical students’ trajectory and the clinical workplace, and to provide tools for understanding, developing, and deploying resilience skills. By the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to:
The course is designed in a way that inspires and empowers adult learners [28 ] who are assumed to be self-directed and are intrinsically motivated [27 (link)]. The postulation is that these learners tend to exercise analogical reasoning in learning and practice. They have gone through diverse learning experiences in basic and clinical sciences. As such, these learners have retained a substantial knowledge base which constitute an increasing resource for learning, and forms mental models which drive their attitudes and behaviours. Through the course and their engagement with the course content, based on the constructivism theory of experiential education [24 ], the students are encouraged to identify gaps in their own mental models and to adapt them based on their active participation in learning experiences. In alignment with Kolb’s experiential learning theory, reflection and reflexivity are fostered through the supervision of and continuous flow of feedback from skilled mentors, who are experts in the subject matter [23 , 27 (link)]. Moreover, students are asked to maintain a daily journal of reflections, where they document what surfaces for them during the session. Also, at the end of each session, the students are asked through an online survey to pinpoint one or two main take-home messages as well as the actions they intend to take to proactively build their resilience. As such, in between the weekly course sessions, the learners get to actively experiment with the application of the acquired knowledge and skills.
This (pass or fail) longitudinal course has three student performance assessment components: attendance requirement, Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), and reflective essays. Enrolled students are expected to attend all the course classes. Students who miss more than 20% of the class sessions are automatically dropped-out from the course. Students are required to come on time to each session. The OSCE component of this course is factored into the end of the academic year assessment, where students are practically tested (through simulations) on various skills including those related to resilience. As for the essay, the students are required to submit a 500 words essay reflecting on their learning experience as part of this course.
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Publication 2023
Adult Awareness Mentors Models, Mental Physical Examination Student Students, Medical Supervision

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More about "Mentors"

Guides, advisors, and experts play a crucial role in fostering growth and development.
These experienced professionals, often referred to as mentors, share their extensive knowledge, skills, and insights to help individuals navigate challenges and unlock their full potential.
Mentors can take many forms, from career counselors and academic advisors to personal development coaches.
Whether guiding researchers through the complexities of tools like the Vitra 532 nm, IOL Master V3.01, or Spectralis, or supporting professionals in mastering techniques like Goldmann applanation tonometry and Canon RK-5 Autorefractor Keratometry, these mentors are invaluable resources.
By offering constructive feedback and leveraging state-of-the-art technologies like the Humphrey Field Analyzer and Cobalt-60 gamma-ray source, mentors can help mentees optimize their research and take their work to new heights.
The mentoring process, much like the Benchtop freeze-drying system, can be instrumental in refining and perfecting one's craft.
Ultimately, the role of mentors, sometimes affectionately referred to as SL-15 or Eye Explorers, is to nurture growth, inspire confidence, and guide individuals towards achieving their goals.
Their expertise and unwavering support can be the key to unlocking new levels of success and fulfillment.