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Mentoring in academic medicine: a systematic review.
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Practical recommendations on mentoring in medicine that are evidence-based will require studies using more rigorous methods, addressing contextual issues, and using cross-disciplinary approaches.Abstract:
ContextMentoring, as a partnership in personal and professional growth and development, is central to academic medicine, but it is challenged by increased clinical, administrative, research, and other educational demands on medical faculty. Therefore, evidence for the value of mentoring needs to be evaluated.ObjectiveTo systematically review the evidence about the prevalence of mentorship and its relationship to career development.Data SourcesMEDLINE, Current Contents, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PsycINFO, and Scopus databases from the earliest available date to May 2006.Study Selection and Data ExtractionWe identified all studies evaluating the effect of mentoring on career choices and academic advancement among medical students and physicians. Minimum inclusion criteria were a description of the study population and availability of extractable data. No restrictions were placed on study methods or language.Data SynthesisThe literature search identified 3640 citations. Review of abstracts led to retrieval of 142 full-text articles for assessment; 42 articles describing 39 studies were selected for review. Of these, 34 (87%) were cross-sectional self-report surveys with small sample size and response rates ranging from 5% to 99%. One case-control study nested in a survey used a comparison group that had not received mentoring, and 1 cohort study had a small sample size and a large loss to follow-up. Less than 50% of medical students and in some fields less than 20% of faculty members had a mentor. Women perceived that they had more difficulty finding mentors than their colleagues who are men. Mentorship was reported to have an important influence on personal development, career guidance, career choice, and research productivity, including publication and grant success.ConclusionsMentoring is perceived as an important part of academic medicine, but the evidence to support this perception is not strong. Practical recommendations on mentoring in medicine that are evidence-based will require studies using more rigorous methods, addressing contextual issues, and using cross-disciplinary approaches.read more
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Supportive mentoring behaviours in a public medical school
Jamilah Al-Muhammady Mohammad,Ahmad Fuad Abdul Rahim,Mohd Zarawi Mat Nor,Rozaziana Ahmad,Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff +4 more
TL;DR: Evaluating contemporary mentoring behaviours in a public medical school in Malaysia and contributes to non-western literature on mentoring shows that more frequent meetings and longer duration of meetings were significantly associated with better attitudes towards mentoring behaviour.
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Responding to the Call: Building a Training Program to Diversify the Academy in Alzheimer's Disease Research.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the training and mentorship initiatives of the National Institute on Aging (NIA)-funded Carolina Center on Alzheimer's Disease and Minority Research, emphasizing lessons learned from their engagement with underrepresented minority and minoritized (URM) scientists.
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Investing in academic medicine research mentoring: low cost, high return.
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Mentorship as a strategy to improve research ability of students and young researchers in Africa: an exploratory study and initial findings on the CORE Africa Research Mentorship Scheme
Lem Ngongalah,Ngwa Niba Rawlings,James M Musisi,Kimonia Awanchiri,Emmanuella Akwah,Etienne Ngeh,Andrew Ssemwanga +6 more
TL;DR: The CORE Africa Research Mentorship Scheme (CARMS) as mentioned in this paper was a two-year mentorship scheme for young researchers in Africa, where 41 mentors and mentees from Cameroon, Uganda and Nigeria participated in the programme.
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Mentorship Interest in Breast Imaging: Survey Results From the Society of Breast Imaging
Robert J. Weinfurtner,Amie Y. Lee,Kerri Vincenti,Kathleen Gundry,Tamarya L. Hoyt,Katherine A. Klein,Alex Merkulov,Lisa A. Mullen,Sophia Obrien,Daniel Roubein,Joseph J Tseng,Laurie R. Margolies +11 more
TL;DR: There is demand, especially among the society’s young and minority members, for an SBI-sponsored mentorship program, and work/life balance and leadership were the most popular choices for guidance.
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