{"id":788,"date":"2016-04-28T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fitpt.fitbux.com\/?p=788"},"modified":"2020-06-30T19:23:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T19:23:35","slug":"role-reversal-being-the-mentor-some-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitbux.com\/fitpt\/interviews\/role-reversal-being-the-mentor-some-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Role Reversal\u2026 Being the Mentor (& some tips)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Cindy Hon, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, FAAOMPT<\/em><\/p>\n

One year ago I was the mentee being mentored, and this spring I was the mentor mentoring my mentee.\u00a0 It\u2019s a big role reversal and so well worth it when I see my mentee make all those big \u201caha\u201d moments.<\/p>\n

The first day I worked with my mentee, I was admittedly nervous because it was my first time as a mentor.\u00a0 My mentee had already worked with a different mentor and had a rhythm.\u00a0 Luckily my co-mentor had written something up for me so I knew what the strengths and weaknesses of my mentee were.\u00a0 The first few weeks were also interesting because my mentee and I were trying to find a rhythm with the patient so that the patient saw the mentee as the primary PT, and not me.\u00a0 Towards the end of our 6 weeks together, some patients said to me that I will learn a lot from my mentee.\u00a0 This was the best thing any patient could have said about my role, because they saw my mentee as the teacher which she was.\u00a0 My mentee was teaching me how to be a mentor.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m still being mentored to be a mentor.\u00a0 It\u2019s a different process being in a treatment session as the mentor and not the clinician.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong, you\u2019re always the clinician, but you also have to wear a different hat and think differently.\u00a0 You end up asking yourself: What is the mentee missing?\u00a0 What would I have done differently?\u00a0 If I would do it differently, does that mean what the mentee did was wrong or just a different way?<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t realize how challenging it would be to be someone\u2019s mentor.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had students in the past, and mentored my colleagues before, but being a mentor in a Fellowship program felt more demanding to me.\u00a0 It really shouldn\u2019t be all that different since the person I\u2019m working\u00a0with (whether a SPT, colleague, or mentee in a Fellowship program) has a goal in mind and my job as the mentor is to help that person achieve their goal.\u00a0 However, in my head the goal of becoming a Fellow had more weight behind it.<\/p>\n

Here are three of my tips I picked up as a new mentor:<\/p>\n

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  • Tip 1: If you\u2019re wanting to interrupt the mentee for some reason or another, then it likely means the mentee is off track.<\/li>\n
  • Tip 2: Don\u2019t write everything down as if you\u2019re the clinician documenting.\u00a0 Just write down enough to help you remember the patient.\u00a0 It\u2019s more important to write down notes about what the mentee is doing or not doing that will help the mentee grow.<\/li>\n
  • Tip 3: When giving feedback to the mentee, it\u2019s easier for the mentee to digest by grouping the constructive criticism into over-arching themes like communication, time-management etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    What are your tips when you\u2019re mentoring someone?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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