Mentorship of Junior Surgical Faculty Across Academic Programs in Surgery.

Autor:	Yu J; Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange., Ruhi-Williams P; Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange., de Virgilio C; Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California., Bazargan-Hejazi S; Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California., Ovsepyan HE; Department of Preventative and Social Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California., Wexner SD; Department of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston., Kirby KA; Center of Statistical Consulting, Department of Statistics, University of California Irvine, Irvine., Tajik F; Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange., Lo A; Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange., Fattah A; Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange., Amersi FF; Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California., Calhoun KE; Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle., Cunningham LA; Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus., Denoya PI; Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York., Govekar HR; Department of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois., Grossi SM; Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego., Namm JP; Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California., Poola VP; Departmeny of Surgery, Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Springfield., Richmond RE; Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock., Rohde CH; Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York., Roy M; Department of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston., Russell TA; Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles., Sequeira N; Department of Surgery, University of California Davis, Davis., Siletz AE; Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles., Tanner TN; Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha., Valerian BT; Department of Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York., Senthil M; Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	JAMA surgery [JAMA Surg] 2024 Sep 04. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 04.
DOI:	10.1001/jamasurg.2024.3390
Abstrakt:	Importance: Because mentorship is critical for professional development and career advancement, it is essential to examine the status of mentorship and identify challenges that junior surgical faculty (assistant and associate professors) face obtaining effective mentorship. Objective: To evaluate the mentorship experience for junior surgical faculty and highlight areas for improvement. Design, Setting, and Participants: This qualitative study was an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study including an anonymous survey on mentorship followed by semistructured interviews to expand on survey findings. Junior surgical faculty from 18 US academic surgery programs were included in the anonymous survey and interviews. Survey responses between "formal" (assigned by the department) vs "informal" (sought out by the faculty) mentors and male vs female junior faculty were compared using χ2 tests. Interview responses were analyzed for themes until thematic saturation was achieved. Survey responses were collected from November 2022 to August 2023, and interviews conducted from July to December 2023. Exposure: Mentorship from formal and/or informal mentors. Main Outcomes and Measures: Survey gauged the availability and satisfaction with formal and informal mentorship; interviews assessed broad themes regarding mentorship. Results: Of 825 survey recipients, 333 (40.4%) responded; 155 (51.7%) were male and 134 (44.6%) female. Nearly all respondents (319 [95.8%]) agreed or strongly agreed that mentorship is important to their surgical career, especially for professional networking (309 respondents [92.8%]), career advancement (301 [90.4%]), and research (294 [88.3%]). However, only 58 respondents (18.3%) had a formal mentor. More female than male faculty had informal mentors (123 [91.8%] vs 123 [79.4%]; P = .003). Overall satisfaction was higher with informal mentorship than formal mentorship (221 [85.0%] vs 40 [69.0%]; P = .01). Most male and female faculty reported no preferences in gender or race and ethnicity for their mentors. When asked if they had good mentor options if they wanted to change mentors, 141 (47.8%) responded no. From the interviews (n = 20), 6 themes were identified, including absence of mentorship infrastructure, preferred mentor characteristics, and optimizing mentorship. Conclusions and Relevance: Academic junior surgical faculty agree mentorship is vital to their careers. However, this study found that few had formal mentors and almost half need more satisfactory options if they want to change mentors. Academic surgical programs should adopt a framework for facilitating mentorship and optimize mentor-mentee relationships through alignment of mentor-mentee goals and needs.
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