Table 6. Examples of quotes about...

Table 6.

Examples of quotes about psychological sense of community and the confidence to be independent

Mentor quotes

To maintain the knowledge in the workplace, yes in a future perspective, as well as carrying the old knowledge into the new. And to support the new employees to dare to stand on their own feet and learn as they go along. (Mentor 1, Physiotherapist)
So, that they can acquire a sense of what it's like to be an independent specialist. This thing about making decisions independently and this role you have as a doctor, to do it. It's clear that for the younger ones who don't get a mentor to support them, it's like a gap in their career. (Mentor 13, Physician)

Mentee and manager quotes

If you're a bit insecure, you might not see that you need to be ahead of the events and pick up [before being asked]. It's very much a solo job for us assistant nurses here at the clinic, we don't work in groups. There's a need to be supported by someone in between or outside the clinics. (Mentee 7, Assistant nurse)
We became more confident after we got our mentors./…/ I don't have that much worry, but still, there's always some little worry that you might do something wrong, some mistake. But the mentoring has helped us a lot. (Mentee 8, Nurse)
I dare and can do more. It is primarily surgical but also in the handling of the patient that the greatest progress has been made. It is in the handling, that if you have a patient where it is difficult to decide which investigations should be done. (Mentee 13, Physician)
The effect has been that the mentee can almost work completely independently on these tasks today and the mentor has been able to retire. There are very few tasks that the mentee is not able to assess and carry out on their own now. (Manager 3, Physician)

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