Clinician's Commentary on Yoon et al.1.

Abstract

INTERPROFESSIONAL MENTORING An interesting finding of this work was that the physiotherapist participants acknowledged that they provided mentoring to their interprofessional colleagues. Other researchers have noted this from the mentees’ perspective, including that of newly graduated Canadian occupational therapists transitioning from university to their 1st year of practice. Darene Toal-Sullivan6 found that the support of colleagues and peers was critical to new graduates’ learning and eased the adjustment from student to occupational therapist. Toal-Sullivan noted in her qualitative study that ‘‘mentoring was evident in collaborative approaches to learning among colleagues and clients who provided guidance and support to the participants’’ and that ‘‘the participants most frequently learned in collaboration with physiotherapists, during collaborative activities such as carrying out components of clients’ evaluation and treatment together and problem-solving practice situations.’’6(p519)