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Next #ACR22 #GlobalSummit session: mentoring & training the next generation

For now, a 15 min lunch break

And @sarakellahan

@sarakellahan .@RheumtoBloom on interdisciplinary mentorship in the rheum care team 🇬🇭

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She tells a story about mentorship with mentee NP Sauda Issaka

A bit different from usual mentorship of medical students and trainees

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🎯SMART goals included the ambitious one of having Sauda become the first rheumatology-trained nurse in the country

Involved coaching, sponsorship, and challenging tasks

⏱️Protected time was necessary too

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👉This is a BIG point - the psychosocial function of the mentor

⭐️Building the competence and identity of the mentee in order for them to develop

⭐️Means that the goal is not for the mentee to become another copy of the mentor

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And when the mentee becomes more independent?

The separation & redefinition stage ➡️includes building external mentors, and the mentee becoming the mentor

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From the side of the mentee: Saudatu Issaka

The open relationship with @RheumtoBloom and dedicated time for teaching and mentorship was a turning point in her career development as a rheumatology nurse

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@RheumtoBloom Highlighting research achievements, including use of mobile health for rheum disease monitoring

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On a much larger scale: improved service delivery of rheum care in Ghana

AND the development of a support group called Rhesolute

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“You always learn from the mentee as well” - @RheumtoBloom

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