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What Is a Mentorship Project?
A mentorship that fulfills the requirements of a Fellow project
is a highly structured experience in which the Fellow candidate
(a CEO, COO, or other executive) helps to advance a junior executive's
management leadership development. It documents the involvement, judgment,
and leadership development ability of the candidate. The Fellow
candidate who chooses this option serves as a mentor for a one-year
period to an early-level manager or a junior executive in the
early stages of his or her career.
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“As professionals, we have an obligation to cultivate new leaders and position them
to contribute to the field. Through the Fellow mentorship project I was able to provide
a junior executive with opportunities to experience C-suite strategic operations and
policy development, something that she otherwise would not have been exposed to for
many years. I am convinced that the mentorship experience played a major role in
the advancement of her career. I thoroughly enjoyed the mentorship project; it gave
me a renewed perspective and a sense of optimism for the future of the field.”
Larry A. Mullins, D.H.A., FACHE
President and CEO, Samaritan Health Services
Corvallis, Ore. |
Exploring the Mentorship Option
Your role as a mentor is to counsel and advise. At the same time, you cultivate leadership development opportunities for your junior executive—either in your organization or in the healthcare management field. To be a mentor, you must:
- Be a part of your organization’s management team, with significant experience in the field
- Have sufficient time and energy to invest in fostering the growth and development of the junior executive
Your junior executive need not be your direct subordinate or a part of your organization. However, the junior executive must without exception be an affiliate of ACHE, be in the early management phase, and have already attained a degree in healthcare management (senior executives are not acceptable even if new to healthcare management). You must also hold face-to-face meetings at least quarterly, but preferably once each month.
As part of the project, during the one-year mentorship, you are required to:
- Create a professional development plan for your junior executive
- Submit three quarterly reports
- Submit a final report
For detailed descriptions of the mentorship project and how to complete and format your project, download a copy of the Fellow Project Guide (PDF).
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