Mentorship is perceived as vital to maintaining high-quality education programs and nursing educators globally have called for mentorship to help address the nursing faculty shortage. Our research provides evidence on the current state of mentorship in nursing academia and provides insights into how to carefully and thoughtfully develop, implement, and evaluate mentorship in academic nursing settings.

This work was funded by the Western North-Western Region of Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing

The PLATO project aims to facilitate students and preceptors to be self-reflective and appreciative of other perspectives while developing student/preceptor relationships that are cultivated through their everyday interactions. Working with various preceptors in our communities, this project presents an opportunity to foster the development of authentic and meaningful experiential learning experiences for our students. Alberta Health Services is one of our long standing community partners and providing support for preceptors helps strengthen this important relationship. Placing student learning at the center of this project will inform relevant, meaningful, and evidence-based learning experiences that support nursing student and preceptor development. The findings from this project will inform high-quality and high-impact teaching and learning experiences by focusing on developing true student/preceptor partnerships.

This work is funded by a University of Calgary Teaching Scholars Grant

This work is being conducted in collaboration with the Manchester Metropolitan University.