Longitudinal program evaluation of an inter-institutional mentorship network for pediatric rheumatology using a quality improvement framework.

Autor: Hayward K; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA. kristen.hayward@seattlechildrens.org., Grom A; Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA., Muscal E; Professor of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Houston, TX, USA., Nigrovic PA; Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.; Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.; Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA., Rouster-Stevens KA; Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, USA., Ardalan K; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.; Departments of Pediatrics & Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.; Division of Rheumatology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA., Hiraki L; Clinician-Scientist, Division of Rheumatology and Scientist-Track Investigator, Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program, Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada., Moorthy LN; Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Pediatric rheumatology online journal [Pediatr Rheumatol Online J] 2024 Jul 10; Vol. 22 (1), pp. 64. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 10.
DOI: 10.1186/s12969-024-00993-1
Abstrakt: Background: The American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Mentoring Interest Group (AMIGO) is an inter-institutional mentorship program launched to target mentorship gaps within pediatric rheumatology. Initial program evaluation indicated increased mentorship access. Given the small size of the pediatric rheumatology workforce, maintaining a consistent supply of mentors was a potential threat to the longevity of the network. Our aims were to: (i) describe the sustainability of AMIGO over the period 2011-2018, (ii) highlight ongoing benefits to participants, and (iii) describe challenges in the maintenance of a mentorship network.
Methods: A mixed-methods approach centered on a quality improvement framework was used to report on process and outcomes measures associated with AMIGO annual cycles.
Results: US and Canada Pediatric rheumatology workforce surveys identified 504 possible participants during the time period. As of fall 2018, 331 unique individuals had participated in AMIGO as a mentee, mentor or both for a program response rate of 66% (331/504). Survey of mentees indicated high satisfaction with impact on general career development, research/scholarship and work-life balance. Mentors indicated increased sense of connection to the community and satisfaction with helping mentees despite limited perceived benefit to their academic portfolios. Based on AMIGO's success, a counterpart program for adult rheumatology, Creating Adult Rheumatology Mentorship in Academia (CARMA), was launched in 2018.
Conclusions: Despite the challenges of a limited workforce, AMIGO continues to provide consistent access to mentorship opportunities for the pediatric rheumatology community. This experience can inform approaches to mentorship gaps in other academic subspecialties.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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