ArticleBMJ open2023
Global Mentorship in Neurosurgery for Medical Students Study (the GloMNMS Study): a multinational multi-institutional cross-sectional audit.
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- Evaluating educational outcomes of a structured virtual neurosurgical teaching program: The foundations in neurosurgery education study.Surgical neurology international · 2026Article
- Perceptions and Barriers to Surgical Training of Undergraduates: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Cureus · 2025Article
- The Role of Mentorship in Orthopedic Professional Development: From Training to Mastery.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- Exploring the impact of early exposure and mentorship on the neurosurgery career aspirations of medical students in low- and middle-income countries.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Review
- The future of neurosurgery in South Sudan: challenges and opportunities for early researchers.Neurosurgical review · 2024Article
- Addressing the limited workforce in neurosurgery in low- and middle-income countries: the role of early mentorship.Neurosurgical review · 2024Article
- Impact of medical school experiences on the career choice of neurosurgery: a cross- sectional study from Pakistan.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Neurosurgical skills conference for medical students: A before and after study.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
- Inspiring academia in low- and middle-income countries.Brain & spine · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the perception of global mentorship in neurosurgery among medical students across the world. Secondary aim included investigating the factors affecting the availability and benefits of providing global mentorship scheme in neurosurgery at a medical student level.
settingThe Global Mentorship in Neurosurgery for Medical Students Study was a multinational cross-sectional audit that included medical students currently in the years 1-6 and intercalating programmes. They were invited to complete an online survey between 11 March and 1 May 2022.
participantsThe survey was disseminated to 243 medical university ambassadors worldwide from 60 countries who distributed the survey within their respective medical student cohorts across the duration of the study.
resultsOverall, 2962 of 3017 (98.2%) responses from medical students from 60 countries worldwide were included; 1439 of 2962 (49%) and 1523 of 2962 (51%) were from years 1-3 and 4-6 medical students including intercalating degree programmes, respectively. 1712, 1502 and 1359 of responses gathered indicated that possible reasons for the lack of neurosurgical mentorship are lack of time and resources from trainees in neurosurgery, time within medical school's curriculum and awareness of societies in neurosurgery/neurology. 1276 and 1065 of medical students surveyed reported that it could also be due to lack of funding and overall inaccessibility within the area meaning there are few networking opportunities available.
conclusionsThis pilot study indicates that there is a scope for improvement regarding the availability and accessibility of neurosurgical mentorship programmes worldwide at a medical student level. The evaluation suggested that medical students would most benefit from the neurosurgical mentorship in the future by means of increased numbers of mentors within their universities, accessibility to neurosurgical departments and the ability to choose mentorship globally via a unified digital platform.
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