Using social networking for eMentoring

Image: 'mentor'

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Sarah Stewart

http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com

sarahstewart07@gmail.com

• Realities of life for health professionals

• One attempt to ‘fix’ problems

• Why this didn’t work

• How social networking can be used for ementoring

Image: 'Midwife taking stock' www.flickr.com/photos/68319844@N00/446270854

Image: 'No Known Restrictions: The Doctor (LOC)'

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Image: 'Amy in Labor'

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Image: 'Time* Ticking away...' www.flickr.com/photos/15734079@N00/1032525361

Image: 'Justice' www.flickr.com/photos/61304380@N00/352842329

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Global shortage of health staff

Image: 'Worry' www.flickr.com/photos/95572727@N00/177496023

Geographical & professional isolation

Rural practitioners

Image: 'elephant talk' www.flickr.com/photos/47968145@N00/325235488

Mentoring: strategy for recruitment & retention, & life-long learning

Barriers to face-to-face mentoring

Time

Geographical isolation

Scarcity of suitable mentors

Funding

Flexibility

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Advantages of computer-mediated communication (CMC)

Time to reflect

Reduces isolation

Increases access to mentors

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Image: 'Clowning Around'

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Improves skills

Challenges thinking

Increases access

Sharing

Time flexibility

Image: 'Ali and Carmen' www.flickr.com/photos/97445131@N00/263974150

Attitudes to learning

Attitudes about time

SkillsPrivacy

Attitudes about CMC

Resources

Image: 'The Key of my mind...' www.flickr.com/photos/44532984@N00/755378645

Not motivation…ownership

Downes, 2007