Mentoring ecosystem in the educational space of the medical university

mentoring currently plays an essential role in solving students' adaptive and educational difficulties, as well as problems in the professional training of young teachers and young professionals. This article suggests a way to solve these problems. The article considers the ecosystem of mentoring in the educational space of the medical university. Mentoring as an organizational component of the university's educational process requires a pedagogical solution that provides a logical link between the goals and values of medical education. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the structural and substantive aspects of the mentoring ecosystem and its pedagogical potential for improving the quality of education and upbringing at a medical university. The research is based on empirical data obtained during experimental work on the organization of mentoring in the educational space of the medical university; methods of systematization of relevant scientific literature, generalizing analysis of regulatory documents. The research presents a separate practice of mentoring at the Northern State Medical University as a technology of pedagogical support for students, young teachers, and resident physicians, which is traditionally in demand in medical education. As a result, an effective way of organizing mentoring activities at a medical university is identified, and an example of regulatory documentation on mentoring is given. When modeling the mentoring ecosystem, views on this phenomenon from the standpoint of professional activity were taken into account. Mentoring in this study is considered as a component of the educational system. The proposed mentoring ecosystem in the educational space of the medical university includes structural and substantive aspects and is characterized by pedagogical potential.

mentoring, pedagogical support, medical education, educational space, mentoring institute, mentoring ecosystem