scholarly journals Leading the Way: Peer to Peer Mentoring to Improve the Experience and Adaptability of Australian and Chinese University Students

10.29007/rps6 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dallas Wingrove ◽  
Rebecca Yang ◽  
Sarah Holdsworth ◽  
Andrew Carre
Keyword(s):  
Construction Management ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Effective Mechanism ◽  
The Many ◽  
Mentoring Support

Peer to peer mentoring is well established in the literature as providing an effective mechanism to foster student’s sense of belonging and to support their resilience and academic progress. This paper reports on a peer mentoring model that was established within a Built Environment School in 2015. The mentoring program was designed to provide peer mentoring support for Chinese students who were articulating into the third year of a Construction Management program delivered at a Melbourne university. The Chinese students had successfully completed two years of a Building Science program at the China University of Mining & Technology (CUMT). To support the Mentees to transition into year three of the Construction Management program three teaching academics from the Construction Management program partnered with their School’s Academic Developer. The project team was formed to design and implement a mentoring program that sought to deliver reciprocal learning for local Melbourne based mentors and the newly arrived Chinese mentees. The program was designed to support Mentees to transition into the Construction Management program and living in Melbourne by providing study support and opportunities for social engagement. In this paper the authors reflect on their experiences of designing and implementing the peer mentoring program and report anecdotal evidence which suggests that peer to peer mentoring can provide an effective mechanism through which students are better prepared and supported to deal positively with the process of transition and the many complex challenges this can entail.

The Impact of Peer Mentoring on Loneliness, Depression, and Social Engagement in Long-Term Care

2020 ◽  
pp. 073346482091093 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine A. Theurer ◽  
Robyn I. Stone ◽  
Melinda J. Suto ◽  
Virpi Timonen ◽  
Susan G. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Engagement ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Medium Effect ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
The Impact

Loneliness, depression, and social isolation are common among people living in long-term care homes, despite the activities provided. We examined the impact of a new peer mentoring program called Java Mentorship on mentees’ loneliness, depression, and social engagement, and described their perceptions of the visits. We conducted a mixed-methods approach in 10 homes in Ontario, Canada, and enrolled residents as mentees ( n = 74). We used quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews to understand their experience. After 6 months, mentees ( n = 43) showed a 30% reduction in depression ( p = .02, d = .76), a 12% reduction in loneliness ( p = .02, d = .76), and a 60% increase in the number of monthly programs attended ( p = .01, d = .37), with small-to-medium effect sizes. The analysis of mentee’s interviews revealed positive perceptions. This program offers an innovative, nonpharmacological alternative to the treatment of loneliness and depression.

scholarly journals Online Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Support for Youth with Hemophilia: Qualitative Needs Assessment

10.2196/10958 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. e10958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicky R Breakey ◽  
Vanessa Bouskill ◽  
Cynthia Nguyen ◽  
Stephanie Luca ◽  
Jennifer N Stinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Mentoring Support

scholarly journals Peer Mentoring and Development of Student Agency

2020 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 409
Author(s):  
Hidenori Kuwabara ◽  
Kevin M. McManus ◽  
Mayumi Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
English Language ◽  
Mentoring Programs ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Student Agency ◽  
Japanese Education ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Learner Agency ◽  
The Many

Peer-mentoring programs have become increasingly popular in recent years due to the many benefits they offer participating students. However, studies on peer mentoring in Japanese education often focus on the benefits afforded to mentees and not the mentors. The development of agency among student participants of a mentoring program in an English-language department at a Japanese university conducted between 2012 and 2018 is investigated in this study. The authors examined how the experience of mentoring a struggling underclassman encouraged learner agency for student mentors. The authors conducted qualitative analysis using the KJ Method of student interviews with four mentors and quantitative analysis of post-mentoring session report data of 316 reports using a co-occurrence network diagram using KH Coder. The results identify eight agency-related categories for mentors, indicating that the mentors’ agency also developed through the experience, particularly with regard to their study behavior and use of available language-learning resources. 学習者が学習者をサポートするピア・メンタリングは，学習者にとって有益であることが認められてきており，実践例も多くみられるようになってきた。本研究はピア・メンタリングの実践において，メンターの自主性の発達を明らかにしようとした。特に下級生を導くのに，メンターを務めた学生がそれまでの自分の経験をどのように活かして自主性を発揮したのかに焦点をあて，メンターへのインタビューと下級生とのセッションの記録を，KJ法とKH Coderの共起ネットワークを用いて分析した。結果として，自主性に強く関連する刺激が8項目あることが認められ，自身の言語学習の知識や経験をメンター活動に活かすことで，メンター自身の自主性に影響があることが分かった。

829-P: Improving Diabetes Self-Management with a Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Program: Final Results of a Pilot Program at a Safety Net Health Care System

Diabetes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 829-P
Author(s):  
ROOPA KALYANARAMAN MARCELLO ◽  
JOHANNA DOLLE ◽  
SHARANJIT KAUR ◽  
SAWKIA R. PATTERSON ◽  
NICHOLA DAVIS
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
Care System

scholarly journals Connecting embedded and stand-alone peer mentoring models to enhance student engagement

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhys Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
First Year ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Attendance Rates ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
College Of Engineering

This paper outlines the Trident Student Mentoring Program that runs in the College of Engineering at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. The program offers both embedded and stand-alone models of peer mentoring services to the same cohort of first-year students. It shows that by forming strong links between these two types of peer mentoring models, the inherent challenges of both, such as low attendance rates in stand-alone models and short periods of peer to peer time in embedded models, are mitigated.

A Content Analysis of Text Messages in a Type 1 Diabetes Peer Mentoring Program—The Importance of Shared Interests

Diabetes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 844-P
Author(s):  
ASHBY F. WALKER ◽  
CATHRYN JOHNSON ◽  
CLAUDIA ANEZ-ZABALA ◽  
SARAH R. DORVIL ◽  
MICHAEL J. HALLER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Mentoring Program

Social media and peer-to-peer support for individuals with health care needs and their caregivers: a scoping review (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Kelly ◽  
Shelley Doucet ◽  
Alison Luke ◽  
Rima Azar ◽  
William Montelpare
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
The Many

BACKGROUND Individuals with health care needs and their caregivers require substantial informational and emotional support. Providing this support is a major challenge for care providers, who are often not able to adequately address barriers and may not be aware of available services and programs. Online P2P support offers an accessible and inexpensive source of support; however, the breadth of these supports on social media has not been previously documented. OBJECTIVE This study was a scoping review of research examining the use of peer-to-peer support on social media by individuals with health care needs and their caregivers. METHODS This review used the PRISMA-SR method to search for articles from 1997 to 2019. RESULTS A total of 94 articles were included. Patients and caregivers use many social media websites for P2P interaction, including: Facebook (n = 19), Twitter (n = 7), and YouTube (n = 6). Providing and receiving informational and emotional support were important uses of social media for P2P support; however, the specific needs and experiences of patients and caregivers appeared to change as knowledge regarding the condition(s) improved. Despite the many benefits associated with participating in online P2P groups, concerns related to ethics, privacy, and the potential to spread misinformation are outlined as risks associated with its use. CONCLUSIONS This study revealed that patients and caregivers engage in P2P support on social media to receive informational and emotional support from peers, despite known risks and limitations. Social networking websites were revealed to be particularly suited for P2P support communication.

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