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Write a paper that defines and describes what mentoring is and why it is so important to health care organizations.Analyze the benefits and drawbacks of informal and formal mentoring programs and relationships.Finally, discuss how a mentoring relationship has, or will, support your career development.Pages 3

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Mentoring is a form of personal development through a more personal peer relationship with 
a more experienced or knowledgeable person. Mentoring facilitates learning, assists with 
professional development planning and helps build self-confidence in people. Mentoring is 
focused on developing individuals — that is, providing assistance in their careers and improving 
their maturity in the role — thereby providing more value to them and to the employer. A typical 
mentoring process involves: 
 Building a relationship: Allowing the two parties to become acquainted and explore 
their backgrounds and experience 
 Negotiating the mentorship: Coming to a common agreement on the focus and ideal 
outcomes of the mentorship period 
 Learning: Working with the mentee on the defined area, reflecting on what has been 
done and what could be done differently, and identifying lessons and new practices 
 Closure: Bringing the mentorship to an end, and identifying key lessons and 
opportunities for further development 
The role of the mentor should not simply be seen as a thankless task of educating and 
guiding a junior role. Research into this aspect of mentoring has identified many benefits for 
both mentor and mentee. Equally, in the mentor's role of trusted advisor to the mentee, the 
relationship must be a lot closer — trust and confidentiality are primary requirements. Matching 
the correct mentor and mentee is key for the mentoring to occur, and, in many cases, the mentor 
is not the mentee's line manager (Mentoring in Healthcare, 2017). 
Advantages to the mentor include reverse mentoring, where the mentee is able to expose 
the mentor to new and different ways of thinking. Generational gaps often play a role,

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