Outcome Assessment of Mentorship Program |
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| Authors: | Christopher J Johnson Jay Bulot Roxanna H Johnson |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Gerontology, Sociology, and Political Science , University of Louisiana-Monroe , Monroe, Louisiana, USA cjohnson@ulm.edu;3. Department of Gerontology, Sociology, and Political Science , University of Louisiana-Monroe , Monroe, Louisiana, USA;4. Aging Consultants, Inc. , Monroe, Louisiana, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper reports results of a survey that studied the outcomes of a mentorship program. Students enrolled in a core course for the MA and certificate in gerontology programs were required to select either a long-term care service, a program in aging, or an agency providing services for senior adults, where they could spend a day interacting with a mentor. A wide range of sites were available and students could select one site for 8 hours or two sites for 4 hours each. The researchers were interested in assessing both the opinions of the students who participated and of the mentors themselves about this educational experience. A survey that had a series of open-ended and close-ended questions was administered to all graduate students who participated as well as to the mentors at their various sites. This paper discusses the implications of this program as a model for other gerontology programs. It delineates mentor and student suggestions about the strengths and weaknesses of the current set-up of the mentorship program. Suggestions are made for further study of this pedagogical tool. |
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