Burdastova Yu.V. Problems of formalization of mentoring institute in healthcare and ways of solving it. Zdravookhranenie Rossiiskoi Federatsii (Health Care of the Russian Federation). 2021. Vol. 65(5). P. 461-466.

Abstract

Introduction. This study focuses on the formalization of the institution of mentoring in health care. The mentoring system in Russia has existed for a long time, but now there is a special interest in this topic, since the requirements for the quality of medical care are changing, new challenges arise in the healthcare sector, the question of reducing staff turnover and retaining highly qualified specialists in the workplace arises. Targets and goals. The aim of the study is to clarify the need for institutional consolidation of the institution of mentoring. The tasks of the work included the identification of factors motivating or demotivating medical workers to participate in the mentoring system, as well as the search for problems of formalizing the institution of mentoring. Material and methods. The author conducted a sociological study in Moscow: a mass questionnaire survey among doctors and nurses in 6 medical organizations of the DZM system and a series of in-depth structured interviews with representatives of medical organizations in charge of mentoring in their organizations (17). Analysis of quantitative data was carried out using the construction of classification trees using the CHAID method. Results. The main issue that experts propose to spell out in detail when formalizing mentoring is the skills and abilities of a mentor. Employee willingness to become mentors varies. The study found that physicians over the age of 27 are most likely to become mentors who are convinced of the need to introduce and expand mentoring in the workplace. Young doctors under the age of 27 are less likely to take on the mentoring function due to lack of confidence in their own qualifications, as well as older colleagues who are dissatisfied with the working conditions in the workplace and do not consider it necessary to introduce or expand a mentoring system in their organization. Conclusion. The study showed that experts have a positive attitude to the idea of formalizing the institution of mentoring, noting that there should be a single document of a recommendatory nature.