From Medical Students to Junior Doctors - Feasibility of a Mentor supported transition through the Resident Ready Network”

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Stress; Depression; Anxiety; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001184167
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Queensland

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-08-22
• Last Update Posted: 16 September 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Recruitment
The two target participant groups will be recruited in parallel, however through different processes. The recruitment phase represents phase one.

Medical Students
All senior medical students (in their fourth and final year of medical school) from the Metro South Division of UQ were identified as potential participants. To gauge interest in the program and increase awareness of the RRN, a brief introduction to the RRN was done during the university preparation week in January, at the Translational Research Institute, PAH. In accordance with ethical approval, all fourth-year medical students will receive a follow-up email, which will describe the RRN. Students will then be able to reply with an expression of interest to participate in the RRN. Official recruitment is planned for the end of August, whereby students will receive a formal invitation with an information sheet and consent form. Participants will need to provide informed consent and create a login and sign into ‘Chronus’, the digital mentor platform through which the mentor program is organised.

Junior Doctors
All junior doctors (resident medical officers in their first, second and third postgraduate years) at the PAH (one of the Metro South teaching hospitals) were identified as potential participants. The first point of contact will be investigators scheduling a short introductory meeting, to describe the available mentoring opportunity. Through email correspondence junior doctors will also be able to inform project staff if they would be interested to participate in the RRN. Official recruitment is planned for August, whereby junior doctors will receive a formal invitation with an information sheet and consent form. Junior doctors will also be required to provide informed consent and create a login and sign into Chronus.

Exclusion Criteria

Mentees : will be excluded if they are not a UQ fourth year medial student enrolled in the Metro South Division of UQ
Mentors : will be excluded if they are not a junior doctor at the PAH.

General exclusion criteria : i.)anyone unable to commit to the RNN for the 12-month duration (inclusive of holiday periods)
ii.)anyone currently committed to and participating in another formal mentoring program.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified