Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2022

Identifier

DOI: 10.1080/10872981.2022.2094529; PMCID: PMC9248936

Abstract

As collaborative work in medical education has increasingly moved online, team mentors have had to adapt their practices into the virtual environment. Fostering connection, communication and productivity on virtual teams requires specific skills and deliberate practice that differ from in-person teamwork. Drawing from best practices in business, education and medicine and also from our own experience as a virtual team, we present a guide for mentors to create and sustain successful virtual teams. Grounded in Tuckman's Five Stage Model of Team Development, we offer specific strategies for virtual team mentors to promote team cohesion, mitigate conflict, maintain productivity and leverage the benefits of the virtual environment.

Journal Title

Med Educ Online

Volume

27

Issue

1

First Page

2094529

Last Page

2094529

MeSH Keywords

Communication; Education, Medical; Humans; Mentors

Keywords

Distance mentoring; communication; shared leadership; team building; virtual teams.

Comments

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Publisher's Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10872981.2022.2094529

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