Preparing for an Academic Career: The Significance of Mentoring

Ortega, Gezzer; Smith, Connor; Pichardo, Margaret S.; Ramírez, Alexander Restrepo; Soto-Greene, Maria; Sánchez, John Paul

doi:10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10690

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“…Mentoring is very important for the advancement of a successful research career, and it needs to be aimed at developing collaborative research. 13 Mentoring produces benefits in research capacity, career fulfillment, and career success for both mentor and mentee. 14 Capacity building is a process for development of competence and capability to carry out and publicize high-quality research in comorbid physical illness in persons with psychiatric illness applying survey design, and develop an interventions program for both physical and mental health through a task-shifting and stepped-care model using telemedicine technology within the public health system.…”

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Protocol for a Coordinated Approach for Building Capacity of Mental Health Researchers in India

Deshpande

Singh

Bhatia

et al. 2020

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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Introduction: India’s National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) was initiated in 1982. In 2016, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) organized a Brainstorming Meeting on Prioritization of Mental Health Research. Recognizing the need for improving mental healthcare by building a cadre of mental health researchers based on focus areas of the NMHP, the ICMR organized a research training cum capacity building workshop in collaboration with the Cross-Fertilized Research Training Programme (funded by Fogarty International Centre, NIH, USA) in 2016. The workshop successfully prepared and reviewed 12 single and multicenter research proposals in priority areas of mental health research, which were awarded by the ICMR to middle- and junior-level research faculty and NGO. Methods: A National Coordination Unit (NCU) was set up to mentor investigators and to coordinate, train, and monitor the progress of their projects. Investigators were paired with senior mentors and also participated in four capacity building workshops focusing on proposal-writing, evaluation, and process tracking. Results: Following discussions with ICMR program officers, the NCU formulated standard operating procedures for ethical conduct, data collection, data sharing, progress reporting procedures, and manuscript preparation for all research projects. Regularly scheduled long-distance communications with investigators using social media and group communications were planned. NCU partnered with the ICMR Database Management Unit to build a shared online platform for real-time data entry and storage, and organized two project review meetings where it also coordinated with US faculty to organize public workshops on manuscript writing and qualitative research. Conclusions: The NCU will ensure timely completion of research projects, data entry and analysis, and reports and project publications. It is feasible to evaluate progress with the NMHP through coordinated multisite research that also enables research capacity building. Results from these projects will help in formulating policies by the Ministry of Health Government of India for achieving objectives of the NMHP.

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Protocol for a Coordinated Approach for Building Capacity of Mental Health Researchers in India

Deshpande

Singh

Bhatia

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Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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“…A mentoria, ainda durante a residência médica, promove o desenvolvimento de profissionalismo 4,7 . Em uma pesquisa de satisfação realizada em um programa de mentoria norte-americano para residentes de clínica médica, 70% dos participantes relataram que o mentoring foi importante para o seu desenvolvimento profissional 4 , resultado semelhante ao visualizado no nosso questionário 2 .…”

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Experiência de mentoria na residência médica: desafios e vivências

Filho¹,

Azevedo²,

Augusto

et al. 2021

Rev. bras. educ. med.

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Introduction: Medical residency represents a challenging moment, with a high level of demand and the need to develop several personal and professional skills. Therefore, in April 2019, the unprecedented mentoring program for thirty internal medicine residents was implemented, seeking to offer personal support and encourage professional development. Experience Report: A mentoring program was structured in April 2019, lasting 11 months, consisting of 30 internal medicine residents and 6 mentors with experience in clinical preceptorship, covering topics that are not usually discussed in the training of these specialists, such as professionalism, empathy, burnout and quality of life, time management, conflict management and role-model. The meetings took place monthly, in a location defined by the group. After the end of the activity, an opinion poll was conducted using a standardized questionnaire with answers arranged on a Likert scale to assess the relevance of the discussed topics and the impact on the medical residents’ practice. A 90% response rate was obtained, highlighting the relevance of the topic Burnout and quality of life and empathy. A total of 96.3% of residents stated that the program changed their mind about their professional behavior. They declared that mentoring “opened their mind about the diversity of opinions, allowing personal and professional growth” and that “to manage time, conflicts, burnout are present in our daily lives and are also part of the medicine we practice”. However, there were complaints about some difficulties among the group members to define the time and day when the meetings should be held. In summary, the activity had a positive evaluation from the mentees. Discussion: There is a positive impact of the mentoring program on the training of a resident doctor, improving self-confidence and having a positive impact on the professional career despite the faced difficulties. Mentoring also serves as a psychosocial support, creating free access between the resident and the preceptor, culminating, based on our evaluation, in an excellent relationship between mentors and mentees. Conclusion: In Ceará, the mentoring program for internal medicine residents was unprecedented. There is a positive effect, in which important topics were discussed in more depth, with greater personal and professional growth. We suggest that mentoring be maintained and included as an essential activity in the curriculum of Medical Residency Programs.

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“…Although MedEdPORTAL has published learning modules related to increasing student awareness of academic medicine careers, 11 introducing the importance of mentoring in an academic medicine career, 12 and explaining the appointment and promotion process, 13 there were no publications specific to engaging students to work with the OME while in training as a gateway for an academic medicine career and providing them with the skills needed to be successful.…”

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Office of Medical Education: Opportunities for Trainees to Engage and Lead in Curricular Innovation and Reform

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Introduction The AAMC prioritizes promoting a diverse and culturally competent workforce which is thought to have a positive impact on the health of people living in the US. There is a lack of diversity in the current landscape of academic medicine and strategies are needed to effect change. This module introduced undergraduate and graduate medical trainees to leadership skills and opportunities in curriculum innovation and reform by learning about and interacting with the office of medical education (OME) at their institutions. Methods We implemented a workshop using small-group case discussions and didactics to help medical students and residents learn how to: (1) describe the structure and functions of an OME, (2) describe leadership competencies associated with various roles within the OME, and (3) identify opportunities for trainees to engage with the OME on curricular innovation and reform, especially advancing diversity and inclusion. Results Across three sites, 45 learners completed partial or full workshop evaluations. Of learners, 22 (49%) were not knowledgeable and 13 (29%) were somewhat knowledgeable in identifying leadership opportunities for trainees to become engaged through the OME. There was a statistically significant increase in confidence after the workshop in “discussing an interdisciplinary approach to the creation of a medical education innovation,” and, “assessing the need for curricula change.” Over 90% of attendees agreed learning objectives were met. Discussion This workshop succeeded in promoting awareness of the structure and function of OMEs and confidence in seeking opportunities to become engaged in medical education, especially in advancing diversity and inclusion.

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Preparing for an Academic Career: The Significance of Mentoring

Cited by 19 publications

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Protocol for a Coordinated Approach for Building Capacity of Mental Health Researchers in India

Protocol for a Coordinated Approach for Building Capacity of Mental Health Researchers in India

Experiência de mentoria na residência médica: desafios e vivências

Office of Medical Education: Opportunities for Trainees to Engage and Lead in Curricular Innovation and Reform

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