FADIC in King Abdulaziz University (KAU)

King Abdulaziz University (KAU) FADIC Presentation

Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy¹, Fatma Elzahraa Ahmed Hussein ², Heba-t-Allah Matar³, Marwa Elsayed Abuelnour ⁴, Heba Yousef ⁵

Mentorship is defined as leading by role modelling, where a mentor guides a mentee on his road to learning and encourage him. The mentoring process has been recognized for decades especially in pharmacy area where the pharmacists must use their knowledge, skills and experiences in preparing their mentees. Incorporating mentorship program with the academic study of the faculty was one of the recommendations by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmaceutical Education(ACPE).

Our study shows How Can Mentoring has a beneficial role? since Mentoring is a method of cultivating and building new leaders, new mentors in the pharmacy education, so it works on reducing workload stress, and encouraging long-term growth and success.
Mentoring is believed to be method of increasing research interest among student pharmacists.
Ultimately, mentoring is a collaborative relationship between mentor and mentee that allows them to learn from one another, create opportunities for self-improvement, and so for their institution.

A systematic search of PubMed electronic database was conducted from 2000–2017, with relevant keywords (Mentor OR mentorship) AND (Pharmacy education OR pharmacy practice OR pharmacy training). Studies were screened by two independent reviewers for eligibility and data were extracted.

In this systematic review, our search retrieved 180 unique citations. Following the abstract and full-text screening, eight cross-sectional studies with a total of 662 pharmacy graduates were included in this study. In the terms of gender, there were 315 (47.58%) males. Of the included participants, there were 36 (5.4%) Masters, 58 (8.75%) PharmD, 22 (3.3%) Baccalaureate, 60 (10%) Assistant Professor, and 20 (3%) PhD.
All included studies reported that mentoring programs were successful, effective and improved research skills, leadership skills, communication skills, team working, and support the student’s confidence also Outcomes of applying mentorship programs in pharmacy education found to be On student’s level, On Mentors level, On Organizational level.
While for online educational mentor programs, have an invaluable component of the Web pathway via enhancement of the interactions of students with the content and mentor
All students who were participated in mentor programs show significant progress in both academic and clinical filed and increased productivity and job satisfaction for both junior and senior academicians.

Conclusion:

Finally, it is found that Students regard their mentors as role models, on both sides professionally and personally. So, it is the duty of clinical mentors, to have specified strategies to help pharmacy students become more experts to be prepared to deliver better health care.
Moreover, mentorship gives an opportunity for interaction between students and their professors that leads to successful projects in all sites where the programs trailed.

Reading Materials:

Download Now The Poster of FADIC Event in KAU, from this LINK.
Read about Role of Mentoring Programs for Pharmacy education: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies, from this LINK.