Library resource guides: ANZCA and FPM CPD Program resources: Mentoring

Guide index

Mentoring

A series of meetings between two colleagues (mentor and mentee) working collaboratively towards achieving mutually defined goals to develop or strengthen the mentee’s professional skills, abilities, knowledge and thinking.

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Skills may be clinical and/or clinical support related, and sessions may be face-to-face or virtual.
Although mentor and mentee may not both be CPD participants, where they are each can claim this activity towards CPD.

You may choose to undertake a critical reflection activity on the mentoring sessions and develop a plan for practice change.
This facilitates the participant ‘closing the loop’ by reflecting on specific actions they can undertake to improve their practice.

CPD Value: CPD participants may claim this under the Practice evaluation - reviewing performance Mentoring activity.

External resources

The Anaesthesia Collective: The Power of Mentors
Mentorship plays a critical role in the training and career development of junior doctors, and is a powerful tool that can assist doctors to navigate the turbulent journey from internship to specialty training.
ASA: Mentoring (UK)
Find out more about UK mentoring, sign up for our mentoring scheme or learn how to become a mentor.
ESAIC: Mentorship Programme
The ESAIC runs a Mentorship Programme to promote the professional development of early-career researchers and established investigators. The one-to-one mentoring model enables the development of a personal relationship and provides individual support for the mentee.
NZSA: Mentorship: Improving workplace wellbeing
Te Toka Tumai’s Trainee Mentor Programme
RCOA: GasReach
GasReach is an exciting new collaborative project between the Widening Participation Medics Network (WPMN) and the Royal College of Anaesthetists which aims to increase diversity within anaesthesia.
SEA-UK: Mentoring
Vanderbilt University: Resources for Mentors | Department of Anesthesiology
WFSA: Global Anaesthesia Mentoring Programme
The Global Mentoring Programme connects anaesthesiologists around the world. Helping to develop careers, share professional knowledge and build supportive networks. Mentorships are available in English, French and Spanish.

Subramanian JB, Ravikumar U. Leadership in anaesthesiology through mentoring. Indian J Anaesth. 2018 Jan;62(1):1-3. No abstract available
Quinn A, Moore D. Establishing a mentoring system for anaesthetic trainees. Ir Med J. 2017 Apr 10;110(4):553. Abstract available.
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Mentoring for doctors has been identified as an area requiring development. Currently, there is a void of trained mentors available. This article considers the evidence basis to support mentoring, and outlines the mentoring programme recently introduced by trainees in the College of Anaesthetists.
Bustillo M, Gotian R. A mentoring circle supports women anaesthesiologists at every career stage. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Mar;124(3):e190-e191. Keywords: academic medicine; gender disparities; leadership; mentoring; promotion.
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Learn@ANZCA

Use the links below to access additional support resources contained on the Learn@ANZCA platform.

Note: Resources located in Learn@ANZCA require that you first register before accessing.

Fundamentals of mentoring [Learn@ANZCA]
The Fundamentals of Mentoring course is specifically designed to support existing hospital mentoring schemes by providing a training framework for mentors and mentees in anaesthesia and pain medicine.

ANZCA & FPM resources

CPD Activity Guide
This guide contains a list of all the activities associated with the ANZCA and FPM CPD Program, as well as links to associated individual activity guides and forms.
CPD handbook: Mentoring guideline
This guideline assists CPD participants complete the mentoring activity.
CPD handbook: Mentoring CPD verification form

ANZCA: FPM mentoring program.
Our mentoring program aims to support pain medicine trainees and fellows during their training and/or early post-fellowship years.
ANZCA: Doctors' Health and Wellbeing
ANZCA's dedicated Doctors' health and wellbeing page, which outlines the Doctors' Health and Wellbeing Framework, as well as other resources to support doctors and integrate supportive mechanisms within organisations.

ANZCA: Wellbeing Library Guide
ANZCA Library has compiled a list of support resources relevant to the general wellbeing of medical practitioners.
ANZCA: Communication in Anaesthesia Library Guide
This guide has been designed for anaesthetists interested in Communication in Anaesthesia to locate relevant resources on this topic, including those available through the ANZCA library.
ANZCA: Roles in Practice - Communicator Library Guide
This guide contains informative, accessible and diverse training resources, including those available through the ANZCA library, to support communication activities that help establish rapport, trust, and ethical therapeutic relationships with patients and their families.
ANZCA: Critical Incident Debriefing (CID) Toolkit
Our Critical Incident Debriefing Toolkit provides a comprehensive, evidence-based resource on what are critical incidents, how to provide support and a hot debrief following a critical incident. It can be read in sections or as a whole.

Supporting Professionalism and Performance: A Guide for Anaesthetists and Pain Medicine Physicians 2024 by Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) The guide aims to assist fellows and trainees by providing a framework for understanding professionalism and performance as it applies to the practice of anaesthesia and pain medicine. The structure mirrors the ANZCA and FPM roles in practice and builds from the curriculum frameworks of the anaesthesia and pain medicine training programs under each of these roles.
Publication Date: Version 2.0, published in 2024