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Table 8 Summary of respondents’ perspectives on requirements for the feasibility of LDMP for public health physicians of Nigeria

From: Feasibility of implementing formal long-distance mentorship for public health physicians: a case study of Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria

Thematic area

Requirements for the feasibility of LDMP for public health physicians

Organizational capacity to coordinate LDMP

➢ A structure that supports postgraduate training (the national and regional colleges)

➢ Secretariat for coordination and M&E

➢ Dedicated administrative unit to manage logistics

➢ Planning committee (technical working group)

➢ Guidelines, standards, and expectations

➢ Physicians at varying stages of career progression

Technical expertise and individual competence to provide mentorship

➢ Skilled, experienced, and willing mentors

➢ Willing and dedicated mentees

➢ Strong ICT support system including hardware and software

➢ Reliable and high-speed internet connectivity (preferably institutional access)

Financial capacity to implement and sustain a LDMP

➢ Availability of funding (adequate and predictable)

➢ Financial commitment expressed through a budget line for a long-distance mentorship program

➢ Staff salaries

➢ Funds for operational cost

Demand for mentorship from potential mentees

➢ Awareness creation about mentorship among members

➢ Good understanding of the benefits of mentorship

➢ Platforms to create awareness

➢ Platforms to enable face-to-face interaction between mentoring pairs