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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on October 19, 2005
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2006 31(6):643-646; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsj085
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Commentary: Mentoring—Benchmarks for Work Performance

Susan L. Rosenthal, PhD1 and Maureen M. Black, PhD2

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, and 2 Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Susan L. Rosenthal, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-0319. E-mail: susan.rosenthal@utmb.edu.

Received August 29, 2005; revisions received September 2, 2005; accepted September 28, 2005

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Across all specialties of medicine, there is increasing attention to developing and using benchmarks to evaluate productivity and to establish compensation plans, that is, "pay for performance." Psychologists have to balance the unique aspects of their professional responsibilities with the need of administrators to have systems that are equitable across faculty members. Thus, psychologists need empirical data to develop equitable benchmarks that are applicable to psychological practice and understandable to physician colleagues and administrators. The article by Opipari-Arrigan and colleagues (in press)Go provides initial guidelines; however, it does not include benchmarks for mentoring, an important area of professional activity. Measuring productivity may be necessary if mentoring is to be sustained at high levels of excellence.


   Mentoring as a Professional Activity
 
The importance of mentoring to pediatric psychologists is evidenced by the Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award which has been awarded annually since 2000 and by the Mentoring Connections program sponsored by the Society of Pediatric . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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