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The Association of Black Psychiatrists (ABP-UK) and the RCPSYCH Introduction to Mentoring and Coaching: Impact of a Training Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2023

Olamide Orimoloye ,
Oluwaseun Oluwaranti ,
Theresa Ugalahi ,
Uju Ugochukwu  and
Mosun Fapohunda
Olamide Orimoloye*
Affiliation:
North Staffordshire Combined Health Care Trust, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom
Oluwaseun Oluwaranti
Affiliation:
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Theresa Ugalahi
Affiliation:
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, United Kingdom
Uju Ugochukwu
Affiliation:
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Mosun Fapohunda
Affiliation:
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
*
*Corresponding author.
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Abstract

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Aims

The study aimed to check impact (active mentoring and willingness to mentor) following a mentoring and coaching training event facilitated by RCPSYCH and ABP-UK. The program involved watching two pre-recorded videos and a full-day practical session on mentoring and coaching skills.

Methods

The training was targeted at psychiatrists of black heritage, working in the UK. They were recruited through social media adverts and emails sent to members of the organization. A predesigned questionnaire assessing feedback about the program and mentoring activities was sent to the emails of attendees immediately after the program and a year later.

Results

Forty-four participants attended the program; 32 completed the feedback immediately after the program, and 20 responded to the one-year follow-up.

From the initial survey, majority of respondents (78%) rated the program as excellent, and most (78%) found it relevant to their professional needs. Slightly more than half of the group (53.1%) were involved in mentoring, but only a few (6%) were involved in mentoring activities within a structured organization. Ninety-seven percent felt confident to mentor immediately after the program while 84.4% expressed interest in joining a college division for mentoring.

In the follow-up data with 20 respondents, 60% were involved in mentoring and 23% of respondents were new mentors. More respondents were engaged in college-related mentoring (41.7%) than in the previous year and majority (83.3%) expressed that the program had influenced their mentoring.

Conclusion

Results from the follow-on survey shows that a good number of attendees at the training event had taken up mentoring roles at local, regional levels and at the College. We therefore recommend continued rollout of more targeted mentoring and coaching training programs, with consideration for cultural needs. This will boost the availability of diverse mentors within mentoring schemes available for doctors, ultimately improving quality of care to our diverse patients.

Type
Education and Training
Information
BJPsych Open , Volume 9 , Supplement S1: Abstracts from the RCPsych International Congress 2023, 10–13 July , July 2023 , pp. S31
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Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Footnotes

Abstracts were reviewed by the RCPsych Academic Faculty rather than by the standard BJPsych Open peer review process and should not be quoted as peer-reviewed by BJPsych Open in any subsequent publication.

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