Become a mentor
Your involvement as a mentor in AMA Victoria’s Mentoring Program helps create a medical community where doctors feel supported, connected and inspired. Your guidance can help junior doctors navigate uncertainty, build confidence and make informed career decisions.
Applications open
AMA Victoria’s Mentoring Program offers a high-quality and professionally rewarding experience with a focus of supporting doctors through key transition points.
Why should I become a mentor?
By becoming a mentor in AMA Victoria’s Mentoring Program, you can help to support junior doctors as they approach key career transition points – whether it be preparing for training, exploring specialty options or navigating early career challenges.
Draw from your own experience to offer valuable insight for others while developing your own leadership and communication skills.
Refine your leadership and communication by guiding a junior doctor
Make a meaningful contribution to the profession and to your own development
Help to create a medical community where doctors feel supported, connected and inspired
Gain new perspectives, challenge assumptions and help to expand your professional network
All mentors receive training and support to succeed in their role.
What past mentors have to say
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."
Who can apply?
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.
The role of the mentor
Your involvement as a mentor in AMA Victoria’s Mentoring Program helps create a medical community where doctors feel supported, connected and inspired. Your guidance can help junior doctors navigate uncertainty, build confidence and make informed career decisions.
The mentoring journey is fully supported with:
Induction sessions, preparation and reflection activities.
One-on-one facilitator guidance and resources.
A complimentary one-hour coaching session with a career coach upon completion.
Completing the full program attracts 12 CPD hours
Your commitments
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.
It is expected that mentees and mentors will meet six times over the course of the program.
Frequently asked questions
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.