Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Med Teach. 2013 May;35(5):e1130-8. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.735382. Epub 2012 Nov 8.
This study explored the views of junior faculty toward informing mentorship program development.
Mixed sampling methodologies including questionnaires (n = 175), focus groups (female, n = 4; male, n = 4), and individual interviews (female n = 10; male, n = 9) of junior faculty were conducted in clinical departments at one academic health sciences center.
Questionnaire results indicated that having role models increased commitment to an academic career; mentorship experience during residency training was a high incentive to pursue an academic career; and junior faculty did have identifiable mentorship experiences. Focus group results revealed that mentoring as well as the presence of role models a few years ahead of the junior faculty would promote career development. Females preferred similar age role models who spoke the same language, particularly in the area of promotion. Females identified several challenges and issues including a lack of researcher role models, a range of perceptions regarding the merits of formal versus informal mentoring, and the idea that mentors should provide advice on promotion and grants. Males valued advice on finances while females wanted advice on work-life balance.
Mentorship emerged as an important factor in academic faculty recruitment and retention, with varying perceptions of how it should be institutionalized. Role models were viewed as important for retention, and a paucity of mid-career, female researcher role models suggests a gap to be filled in future programmatic efforts.
本研究探讨了青年教师对指导计划制定的看法。
在一个学术健康科学中心的临床科室，采用混合抽样方法，包括问卷调查（n=175）、焦点小组（女性 n=4；男性 n=4）和个别访谈（女性 n=10；男性 n=9）对青年教师进行了调查。
问卷调查结果表明，有榜样可以提高对学术生涯的承诺；住院医师培训期间的指导经验是从事学术职业的高激励因素；青年教师确实有可识别的指导经验。焦点小组的结果表明，指导以及比青年教师年长几年的榜样的存在将促进职业发展。女性更喜欢年龄相仿、语言相通的榜样，尤其是在晋升方面。女性确定了一些挑战和问题，包括缺乏研究人员榜样、对正式指导和非正式指导的优点的不同看法，以及导师应该就晋升和资助提供建议的想法。男性重视财务方面的建议，而女性则希望获得工作与生活平衡方面的建议。
指导在学术教师的招聘和留用中是一个重要因素，对其如何制度化存在不同的看法。榜样被视为留用的重要因素，而中年女性研究人员榜样的缺乏表明未来计划工作中存在差距。
