Leadership and Management Skills to Enhance Your Professional Role - LEAD-Coaching and Mentoring Small Group Exercise

Coaching and Mentoring Small Group Exercise

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Alex Chen, a resident in his critical care residency program, is experiencing difficulties despite his technical competence and positive relationships with staff. He has become increasingly withdrawn during patient rounds and struggles during important decision-making processes, particularly in family meetings concerning care objectives. In a meeting with his Program Director, Alex confesses to feeling overwhelmed by the rigors of critical care, especially with integrating patient data and interacting with senior staff. This has led him to question his suitability for the field, despite his initial passion for it. He is contemplating a shift to a less demanding specialty, such as outpatient peri-operative medicine. <br /><br />Recent performance evaluations reflect a slight decline, with his scores falling below the average for his training level, marking a departure from his past evaluations. This situation underscores the need for providing both mentoring and coaching support. Mentoring would offer Alex the guidance and wisdom of experienced professionals, potentially reigniting his passion and helping him rediscover his strengths within critical care. Coaching can address specific skill development, assisting him in managing the pressures and challenges he faces with a tailored approach to his current issues, like decision-making and interactions in family meetings.<br /><br />Combining mentorship with coaching could provide Alex with both the reassurance and the practical tools he needs to navigate his residency successfully and confidently make decisions about his career path, whether he decides to persevere in critical care or explore other specialties.

Keywords

Alex Chen

critical care residency

technical competence

decision-making

family meetings

mentoring

coaching

performance evaluations

career path

outpatient peri-operative medicine

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