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ArticleAmerican journal of surgery2023

Participant perspectives on a department of surgery faculty mentoring program.

Andrea Gillis, Polina Zmijewski, Britney Corey, Jessica Fazendin, Herbert Chen, Brenessa Lindeman, Kimberly Hendershot, Sophie Dream

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Article in American journal of surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Andrea GillisDepartment of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Electronic address: agillis@uabmc.edu.
Polina ZmijewskiDepartment of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Britney CoreyDepartment of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Jessica FazendinDepartment of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Herbert ChenDepartment of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Brenessa LindemanDepartment of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Kimberly HendershotDepartment of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Sophie DreamDepartment of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Funding

Surgical Oncology Research Training ProgramT32CA229102 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI HERBERT CHEN · 2018 to 2026
$3.2M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA229102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMentorship in academic medicine serves to promote career advancement and job satisfaction. This study was to evaluate the initial results of a faculty mentorship program in an academic Department of Surgery.

methodsA faculty mentorship program was initiated in July 2015 with 63 participants. Junior faculty mentees (n = 35) were assigned senior faculty mentors (n = 28). After three years, an electronic survey was administered and the results analyzed.

resultsResponse rate was 67% (n = 42). 34 (81%) respondents had met with their mentor/mentee at least once. Topics discussed included: research (76%), leadership (52%), work-life balance (45%), and promotion (5%). Mentees endorsed achieving promotion (n = 2), increasing research productivity (n = 2), and obtaining national committee positions (n = 2). 61% of mentors and 53% of mentees felt they benefitted personally from the program. Actionable improvements to the mentorship program were identified including more thoughtful pairing of mentors and mentees with similar research interests.

conclusionsParticipants felt the mentorship program was beneficial. Further investigation regarding the optimization of the mentor-mentee pairing is warranted to maximize the benefits from structured mentorship in academic surgery.

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MentoringMentorsFaculty, MedicalHumansProgram EvaluationSurveys and QuestionnairesAcademic surgeryDiversity equity inclusionEducationMentorshipSurgery

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PMCPMC10033330

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