Facilitated peer mentorship: A pilot program for academic advancement of female medical faculty
Facilitated peer mentorship: A pilot program for academic advancement of female medical faculty
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DOI：
10.1089/jwh.2007.0647
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发表时间：
2008-07-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Ko, Marcia G.
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作者：
Files, Julia A.;Blair, Janis E.;Ko, Marcia G.
背景：在美国，从事学术医疗实践的女性医生与同等资历的男性医生相比，不太可能达到副教授或教授的学术级别。缺乏指导可能是造成这种差异的原因之一。方法：在本文中，我们描述了一项旨在满足女性教职员工独特需求的促进型同伴指导试点计划。经验丰富的女医生充当一群初级女性的促进者，她们充当自己的同龄人导师。结果：所有同伴导师都通过发表论文的形式实现了更多的学术活动，在学术排名、技能获得和对项目继续的热情方面都得到了提升。结论：这种新的促进同伴导师模式在小规模试点项目中取得了成功。扩大这项计划和其他创造性的解决方案，以解决妇女缺乏指导的问题，可能会导致更多的妇女实现学业进步。
Background: In the United States, female physicians working in academic medical practices are less likely to achieve the academic rank of associate professor or professor than are male physicians of comparable seniority. Lack of mentoring has been suggested as a possible contributor to this difference.Methods: In this paper, we describe a facilitated peer mentorship pilot program that was developed to meet the unique needs of women faculty. Experienced female physicians acted as facilitators to a group of junior women who served as their own peer mentors. Outcome measures for the program included comparison of a pretest and a posttest completed by the peer mentor participants, a skills acquisition survey, published papers, and academic advancement of participants.Results: All the peer participants realized increased academic activity in the form of published papers and promotion in academic rank, skills acquisition, and enthusiasm for continuance of the program.Conclusions: This new model of facilitated peer mentorship demonstrated success in a small-scale pilot program. Expansion of this program and other creative solutions to the lack of mentoring for women may result in greater numbers of women achieving academic advancement.