Multidisciplinary Peer-Mentoring Groups Supporting Knowledge Sharing in Doctoral Education

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Table 1. Composition of the PMGs.

Group	Coordinators (established academics)	Peers (doctoral researchers)
Group 1	Sari, Faculty of Mathematics and Science	Nelli, Faculty of Education and Psychology
		Jenna, Faculty of Mathematics and Science
	Amalia, Humanities and Social Sciences	Severi, Faculty of Mathematics and Science
		Heidi, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
		Marjaana, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Group 2	Timo, Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences	Kati, Faculty of Mathematics and Science
		Reetta, Faculty of Mathematics and Science
	Elisa, Faculty of Mathematics and Science	Mari, Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences
		Johannes, Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences

Table 2. Timeline of the pilot.

Time	Activity / event
Spring 2017	Recruiting the coordinators (4 in total) by using the authors’ personal networks; followed by the coordinators recruiting the doctoral researchers through their own networks.
September 2017	Official start of the pilot (a joint meeting with all 13 participants and Nokkala And Kiili) to discuss and agree on shared principles for the pilot and the PMG meetings
September / October 2017	The 1st PMG meetings
November / December 2017	The 2nd PMG meetings
December 2017	Nokkala and Kiili and the coordinators: discussing the autumn semester.
January / February 2018	The 3rd PMG meetings
April / May 2018	The 4th PMG meetings
May 2018	A shared final meeting with all participants discussing the experiences of the participants from the pilot