A qualitative evaluation of a mentoring program for Aboriginal health workers and allied health professionals.

Conclusions: Peer mentoring between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal health workforce was found to be a powerful mechanism to promote two-way learning that has the capacity to meet learning needs and promote practice improvement. Implications: Peer mentoring may be part of a multi-strategy approach to the development of the Aboriginal health workforce. PMID: 24090329 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24090329?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - October 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Browne J, Thorpe S, Tunny N, Adams K, Palermo C Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research

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