Mentorship in academic medicine: Competitive advantage while reducing burnout?

Fishman, Jay A.

doi:10.1016/j.hsr.2021.100004

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“… 35 It effectively provides multiple mentors enabling contact with diverse perspectives. 36 Palliative care particularly benefits from good collaboration, as many different teams may care for these complex patients. Collaboration and communication are vital skills in developing a network of care for the family.…”

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Education and Mentoring of Specialist Pediatric Palliative Care Medical and Nursing Trainees: The Quality of Care Collaborative Australia

Slater¹,

Herbert²

2023

AMEP

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Background The Quality of Care Collaborative Australia (QuoCCA) builds capability in the generalist and specialist paediatric palliative care (PPC) workforce throughout Australia. It supports regional and community services to provide care close to families’ homes, as well as building expertise in tertiary centers. Objective Medical Fellows and Nurse Practitioner candidates (specialist trainees) were funded by QuoCCA at four tertiary hospitals throughout Australia supported by an education and mentoring framework. This study explored the activity and experiences of clinicians who had occupied these roles to evaluate their effectiveness to build PPC capability. Methods Online surveys recorded the monthly activity of Medical Fellows, with a point in time check of knowledge, skills and confidence in 2019. Discovery Interview methodology was used to collect detailed experiences of 11 trainees employed between 2018 to 2022 in Queensland. Results A combination of mentoring and formal and informal education, peer support and practical experience was valuable for trainees. They found the support of the whole interdisciplinary team advantageous to learning. Shadowing experienced team members gave them the opportunity to learn practical skills, especially regarding communication with families. Practicing clinical skills was beneficial, through being on call, attending home visits, supporting families, prescribing medications and developing treatment plans in collaboration with the team. The trainee experience was optimised through learning from families, personal reflection, involvement in research projects and delivering QuoCCA education. Conclusion The QuoCCA trainee roles for Medical Fellows and Nurse Practitioner candidates exhibit a valuable and effective education and mentorship framework that could be applied to other specialties. The service leadership and collaborative interdisciplinary team support various modes of education and mentoring. The roles not only develop the trainees’ specialised PPC clinical skills, they also improve their general clinical practice, including communication, empathy and holistic care. A structured curriculum of education is recommended to protect these positive outcomes.

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Education and Mentoring of Specialist Pediatric Palliative Care Medical and Nursing Trainees: The Quality of Care Collaborative Australia

Slater¹,

Herbert²

2023

AMEP

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“…9 Moreover, economic constraints, along with increasing clinical volumes and escalating productivity demands in clinical care, research, and teaching, contribute to emotional exhaustion. 10 Certain groups within the physician population appear more prone to burnout. Women and those working in specific specialties such as emergency medicine and general internal medicine report higher rates of burnout and lower satisfaction with worklife balance.…”

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Burnout and the role of mentorship for radiology trainees and early career radiologists

Fagan,

Eskildsen,

Catanzano

et al. 2024

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“…Doing so will require making commitments to support mentors, by considering mentoring activities in promotion decisions and incentivizing quality mentorship through awards and salary support. It has been noted that successful mentorship in academic medical centers requires elevating mentorship as a strategic priority, around which the development of appropriate institution-specific goals, objectives, and metrics can occur [32,33]. In a similar way, innovations to achieve authentic protected time must be elevated as institutional priorities in order to achieve success, moving away from ad hoc or informal agreements toward the development of formalized internal guidelines that are institutionally endorsed.…”

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Optimizing team science in an academic medical center: A qualitative examination of investigator perspectives

Surratt¹,

Otachi²,

Slade³

et al. 2023

J. Clin. Trans. Sci.

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Introduction: Optimizing the effectiveness of a team-based approach to unite multiple disciplines in advancing specific translational areas of research is foundational to improving clinical practice. The current study was undertaken to examine investigators’ experiences of participation in transdisciplinary team science initiatives, with a focus on challenges and recommendations for improving effectiveness. Methods: Qualitative interviews were conducted with investigators from twelve multidisciplinary teams awarded pilot research funding by the University of Kentucky College of Medicine to better understand the barriers and facilitators to effective team science within an academic medical center. An experienced qualitative researcher facilitated one-on-one interviews, which lasted about one hour. Structured consensus coding and thematic analysis were conducted. Results: The sample was balanced by gender, career stage (five were assistant professor at the time of the award, seven were senior faculty), and training (six were PhDs; six were MD physicians). Key themes at the team-level centered on the tension between clinical commitments and research pursuits and the limitations for effective team functioning. Access to tangible support from home departments and key university centers was identified as a critical organizational facilitator of successful project completion. Organizational barriers centered on operationalizing protected time for physicians, gaps in effective mentoring, and limitations in operational support. Conclusions: Prioritizing tailored mentoring and career development support for early career faculty, and particularly physician faculty, emerged as a key recommendation for improving team science in academic medical centers. The findings contribute to establishing best practices and policies for team science in academic medical centers.

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Mentorship in academic medicine: Competitive advantage while reducing burnout?

Cited by 7 publications

References 40 publications

Education and Mentoring of Specialist Pediatric Palliative Care Medical and Nursing Trainees: The Quality of Care Collaborative Australia

Education and Mentoring of Specialist Pediatric Palliative Care Medical and Nursing Trainees: The Quality of Care Collaborative Australia

Burnout and the role of mentorship for radiology trainees and early career radiologists

Optimizing team science in an academic medical center: A qualitative examination of investigator perspectives

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