Mentoring program
Reach your full leadership potential, build on your skills and expand your professional network with meaningful relationships across specialties and career stages.
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AMA Victoria’s Mentoring Program offers a high-quality and professionally rewarding experience with a focus of supporting doctors through key transition points.
What is AMA Victoria's Mentoring Program?
The AMA Victoria Mentoring Program is a structured eight-month initiative designed to support doctors at all stages of their career after internship.
Whether you are seeking guidance or looking to share your experience, the program offers a professionally rewarding opportunity to connect, reflect and grow.
Participants in AMA Victoria’s Mentoring Program gain the invaluable benefit of a one-on-one mentoring relationship with an experienced doctor, supported by AMAV facilitators over an eight-month journey. This personalised experience is complemented by 12 hours of CPD and a complimentary one-hour career coaching session upon completion.
When can I apply?
The program is open year-round.
Key features of the program
Alignment with the International Standards for Mentoring Programs in Employment (ISMPE) and CPD recognition.
A thoughtful matching process to maximise the value of mentoring relationships and avoid conflicts of interest.
Cross-generational understanding, professional networks and meaningful connections.
A safe, supportive space to explore career development opportunities and challenges.
Participate in the program
AMA Victoria members can register via the options below.
One of our program managers will then contact you with the next steps.
MENTEES
If you are a late-stage trainee or career medical officer, this program offers a great opportunity to be supported as you navigate your next steps.
MENTORS
If you are a senior registrar or above and keen to support junior doctors and make a meaningful contribution to the profession, we invite you to get involved.
How are the participants matched?
Both the mentee and mentor induction form provide mentees and mentors with the opportunity to specify their own preferences in relation to the criteria for matching. You will be guided to establish a mentor-mentee profile and you will work through exercises that help you establish your initial goals for joining the program. Our program facilitators will also discuss your aims for joining the program with you and get to know you a little so that they can source an appropriate match for you. This, plus the availability of doctors meeting these criteria, form the basis of the match. Many matches will be based on specialty but other criteria may be chosen such as other career goals or interests such as leadership development, research or teaching.
What past participants have to say
MENTEE
DR NANCY SAAB
"My mentoring relationship has demonstrated the value of having an appropriate support network especially when making significant decisions."
MENTOR
DR JAGDEESH SINGH DHALIWAL
"I joined this program to be of help and service to early-career doctors. In this way, I hoped to also gain new ideas from their perspective."
Mentoring is a partnership
Why is mentoring useful?
Mentoring is a two-person psychosocial intervention in which a more experienced individual is brought into a close relationship with a less experienced person to provide, support, guidance and opportunities for career, personal and professional development.
Frequently asked questions
Who can apply to be a mentee?
AMA Victoria's mentoring program is for doctors who are post-internship onwards. You must be a member of AMA Victoria, working in Victoria as a medical practitioner and have full registration as a medical practitioner with AHPRA. We have found a growing interest from doctors approaching fellowship seeking a mentor for support with the transition to consultant. We also have matched quite senior doctors seeking mentor for support whilst transitioning to a senior management or director role.
Who are the mentors?
The AMA Victoria mentors are all experienced doctors and AMA Victoria members who have expressed their desire to give back to the profession by volunteering their time to mentor. We find our mentees often return to mentor too!
What is the selection criteria for a mentor?
Mentors are experienced doctors from senior registrar level upwards who are fully registered with AHPRA and currently practising in their chosen field of practice. Mentors are expected to be familiar with the current training pathway of their specialty. AMA Victoria mentors may have been involved in other mentoring programs or have worked recently with junior doctors. All doctors volunteering as mentors will be provided with guidance about their role and training as necessary.
What is the commitment for a mentor?
Mentor contact with the mentee after matching is expected to be monthly. Mentees are expected to prepare for each meeting with their mentor by providing a short list of topics they wish to discuss. Mentors need to commit to participate in the program for a 8-month period.
Who undertakes the matching process between mentees and the mentors?
The AMA Victoria mentoring program facilitators create a match after having a post-induction conversation with each new mentee and mentor and carefully considering the preferences and goals of each party.
How about the CPD allocation?
Completing the AMA Victoria Mentoring Program means you will be awards 12 CDP hours. Six CPD hours will be awarded at the half way mark of the program and the remaining six CPD hours will be awarded at the conclusion of the program. You will be required to complete a declaration that meetings with your mentor - mentee have taken place and reflections activities completed.