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A Hand in the Fog: Graduate Students as Virtual Peer Mentors in the COVID-19 Crisis

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العنوان: A Hand in the Fog: Graduate Students as Virtual Peer Mentors in the COVID-19 Crisis
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Mitschke, Diane B., Praetorius, Regina T., Magruder, Karen, Hong, Isabella, Tran, Ha Thi Khanh, Mammah, Ricka
المصدر: Journal of Social Work Education. 2021 57(1):44-57.
الإتاحة: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 14
تاريخ النشر: 2021
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Graduate Students, Peer Teaching, Student Leadership, Mentors, Intervention, Social Work, Computer Mediated Communication, School Closing, Educational Technology, Telecommunications, Advocacy, Information Dissemination, Program Effectiveness, Educational Needs, Peer Relationship, Minority Serving Institutions
DOI: 10.1080/10437797.2021.1943586
تدمد: 1043-7797
مستخلص: Accurate and timely dissemination of critical information while facilitating reciprocal communication channels is critical during times of crisis. The Graduate Student Leader (GSL) program is a peer-based leadership and mentoring intervention that proved helpful in addressing the needs of a large and diverse student body of approximately 1,300 graduate social work students during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The GSL program is designed to facilitate virtual communication using e-mail, instant messaging, and virtual conferencing and, as such, exists as a supportive mechanism for both online students and students who typically attend classes on campus. This qualitative study used focus groups of current students (n=20), individual interviews with current GSLs (n=9), and analysis of instant messaging responses (among faculty, staff, and GSLs) to document the effect of the GSL program during the first 4 months of the pandemic. Four major themes resulted from the analysis of the combined data: advocacy and information sharing, program impact, program need, and comradery. It is evident that the GSL program represented an important mechanism through which students could easily connect with one other, share resources and support, and facilitate communication between students and university administration. Implications of these findings, including implementation recommendations for other graduate social work programs, are included.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2021
رقم الأكسشن: EJ1310487
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC
الوصف
تدمد:1043-7797
DOI:10.1080/10437797.2021.1943586