Developing your mentoring skills
Published: 25 August 2026
This webinar series was published when the organisation was the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
RCPharm webinar series: Developing your mentoring skills
This four-part webinar series provides practical guidance to help you become a more effective mentor. Hear from experienced mentors about getting started, building effective mentoring relationships and managing challenging situations, with tips and insights you can apply to your own mentoring practice.
Part one – How to get started
Presented by Kina Vyas, Dipal Patel and Nick Thayer
Wednesday 2 June 2021
The first in a series of mentoring focused webinars, where delegates will learn and hear tips on how to get off to a good start when it comes to mentoring. Delegates will hear from experienced mentors and be provided with supportive advice to help broaden their skills when it comes to entering a relationship, empowering them to become an effective mentor. Speakers will be able to share their tried and tested ways and answer questions from delegates.
Learning objectives:
- Engage with members and empower them to become an effective mentor.
- Hear about the experiences of mentors and tips.
- Understand how actions can effect a relationship.
- Gain advice from experienced mentors on how to mentor effectively.
Speakers:
- Kina Vyas (host) – Professional Development Pharmacist, Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
- Dipal Patel – Clinical and Medicines Management Pharmacist, founder of the Pharm-Assistant platform and an Expert mentor on the RPS mentoring platform.
- Nick Thayer – Community Pharmacist and a Professional Research and Policy Manager at The Company Chemists’ Association and a user of the RPS mentoring platform since its inception.
Part two – Building an effective mentoring relationship
Presented by Kina Vyas
Monday 12 July 2021
An event for delegates to learn and hear tips on how to build on their mentoring relationship effectively. Experienced mentors will provide delegates with supportive advice to help guide and empower them to infuse quality into their mentoring relationship.
Learning objectives:
- Engage and empower members to build quality into their mentoring relationships.
- Hear about the experiences of mentors in relation to their previous relationships and tips.
- Understand how to set boundaries and manage expectations in a relationship.
- Gain advice from experienced mentors on essentials do’s and don’ts in a relationship.
Speakers:
- Kina Vyas (host) – Professional Development Pharmacist, RPS.
- Clayton Wong (speaker) – Independent Prescriber and Clinical Lead Pharmacist NHS.
- Janice Fuller (speaker), Consultant – Pharmacovigilance and Medical Information.
Part three – Handling challenging mentoring situations
An event for delegates to learn and hear tips on how to manage challenging mentoring situations effectively. Experienced mentors will provide delegates with supportive advice to help guide in challenging situations in their mentoring relationship and techniques on how to overcome challenges. Speakers will be able to share their tried and tested ways and answer questions from delegates.
Presented by Kina Vyas
Wednesday 22 September 2021
Learning objectives:
- Empower mentors to help their mentees make decisions in their relationship.
- Hear advice and tips about how to deal with a lack of mentee commitment.
- Understand how to overcome challenging issues, barriers and managing negative behaviour.
- Gain advice from experienced mentors on managing unrealistic expectations and overdependence.
Speakers:
- Kina Vyas (host) – Professional Development Pharmacist, RPS.
- Baguiasri Mandane – Specialist Oncology Pharmacist at the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
- Nick Thayer – Community Pharmacist and a Professional Research and Policy Manager at The Company Chemists’ Association.
Part four – Closing the mentoring relationship and next steps
Presented by Kina Vyas, Aamer Safdar and Sarah Goffin
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Speakers will reflect on how to agree next steps with your mentee for them to independently keep up the momentum they’ve built and how to empower our own self-directed development as a mentor.
A webinar for delegates to learn and hear tips on how to bring mentoring relationships to a close. Experienced mentors will provide delegates with supportive advice to help guide in recognising when a mentoring relationship has come to an end, isn’t working or where goals have been fulfilled.
Learning objectives:
- To recognise when to close the mentoring relationship.
- To understand how to agree next steps with your mentee to allow them to maintain momentum.
- Explore ways to ask your Mentee for feedback on your role as a Mentor.
- Understanding how to reflect and learn from your experience in the relationship and as a Mentor.
Speakers:
- Kina Vyas (host) – Professional Development Pharmacist, RPS.
- Aamer Safdar – Pharmacy Education, Training & Development Team Lead at Barts Health NHS Trust.
- Sarah Goffin – Medical Advisor and Final Medical Signatory, Sanofi Pasteur.