I am looking at mentoring for my PhD research. In 2005 I carried out
a national survey of New Zealand midwives and their experiences of
mentoring and being mentored in collaboration with the New Zealand
College of Midwives. I am happy to send you the report if you would like to
see it.
My particular interest is e-mentoring ie how to provide mentoring at a
distance using electronic means, which particularly benefits people working in
rural and remote areas. I am about to carry out a RCT comparing traditional
support and professional development with e-mentoring. This is in
collaboration with Blue Care which is a community care organisation (made of
nurses and allied health professionals) in Queensland, Australia.
Stewart, S & Wootton, R 2005 .
The practice and potential of e-mentoring for
New
Zealand midwives.
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare,
11
(Suppl. 2): S2: 90–92
I am also
about to have an article printed in the Journal
of Telemedicine and Telecare entitled: A
pilot study of email in an e-mentoring relationship.
Jane
Mills is a rural nurse in Australia who has just completed her PhD looking at
mentoring for rural nurses and midwives. She would be worth contacting because
she has published a few articles and developed mentoring workshops. [log in to unmask]
best
wishes, Sarah Stewart
Sarah
Stewart
e-mentoringresearch.blogspot.com
PhD Candidate
Senior
Lecturer
School of Midwifery
Otago Polytechnic
Dunedin
New
Zealand
