BAD Mentoring Platform
This is a free service for BAD members and provides a platform where trainees, SAS doctors and consultants can become either mentors or mentees (or undertake both roles) across a variety of different categories ranging from career development and chairing meetings through to wellbeing and preparing for retirement.
Whether you have decided to be the mentee or the mentor (or both), the platform will suggest a range of the best mentoring matches for you based on your experience, what your goals are and what areas you have decided to focus on. There are currently over 100 BAD members registered with the platform and over 40 mentoring relationships have been embarked upon.
The platform is powered by the BAD partners PushFar.
This handy video that demonstrates the practical elements of using the platform, including sign up, how to identify possible mentoring matches, how to organise mentoring meetings and how to manage mentoring relationship.
If you have any questions, please reach us at membership@bad.org.uk
Signing up to the platform is quick and easy. If you are logged into your BAD members account you will see the registration and access links below:
I’ve found the PushFar platform easy to use and a good way to formalise some of the mentoring I have been doing with dermatology trainees in the past couple of years. I’ve found mentoring to be an enjoyable and rewarding exercise. I’ve used a combination of in-person and virtual meetings to meet with the trainees who I have mentored and the PushFar platform gives me a base from which to record discussions and arrange future meetings
Gordon Hale, Consultant Dermatologist
Navigating through dermatology training as a newly fledged registrar can be daunting, especially if you haven’t had much experience working in the specialty. I found the mentoring experience useful as my mentors were able to provide guidance and direction, especially on career choices and skill development. My mentors were able to offer a more holistic perspective based on their own experiences and this allowed me to make more informed decisions.
Chris Lim, Trainee Dermatologist
