Sakushima Ken, Mishina Hiroki, Fukuhara Shunichi, Sada Kenei, Koizumi Junji, Sugioka Takashi, Kobayashi Naoto, Nishimura Masaharu, Mori Junichiro, Makino Hirofumi, Feldman Mitchell D
Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Sapporo, Japan.
BMC Med Educ. 2015 Mar 19;15:54. doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0333-2.
Physician-scientists play key roles in biomedical research across the globe, yet prior studies have found that it is increasingly difficult to recruit and retain physician-scientists in research careers. Access to quality research mentorship may help to ameliorate this problem in the U.S., but there is virtually no information on mentoring in academic medicine in Japan. We conducted a survey to determine the availability and quality of mentoring relationships for trainee physician-scientists in Japan.
We surveyed 1700 physician-scientists in post-graduate research training programs in 6 academic medical centers in Japan about mentorship characteristics, mentee perceptions of the mentoring relationship, and attitudes about career development.
A total of 683 potential physician-scientist mentees completed the survey. Most reported that they had a departmental mentor (91%) with whom they met at least once a month; 48% reported that they were very satisfied with the mentoring available to them. Mentoring pairs were usually initiated by the mentor (85% of the time); respondents identified translational research skills (55%) and grant writing (50%) as unmet needs. Mentoring concerning long-term career planning was significantly associated with the intention to pursue research careers, however this was also identified by some mentees as an unmet need (35% desired assistance; 15% reported receiving it).
More emphasis and formal training in career mentorship may help to support Japanese physician-scientist mentees to develop a sense of self-efficacy to pursue and stay in research careers.
在全球生物医学研究中，医学科学家发挥着关键作用，但先前的研究发现，招募和留住从事研究工作的医学科学家变得越来越困难。获得高质量的研究指导可能有助于缓解美国的这一问题，但在日本，关于学术医学领域指导的信息几乎没有。我们进行了一项调查，以确定日本实习医学科学家指导关系的可获得性和质量。
我们对日本6个学术医学中心研究生研究培训项目中的1700名医学科学家进行了调查，内容涉及指导特征、学员对指导关系的看法以及对职业发展的态度。
共有683名潜在的医学科学家学员完成了调查。大多数人报告说他们有部门导师（91%），并且每月至少与导师见面一次；48%的人报告说他们对所获得的指导非常满意。指导关系通常由导师发起（85%的情况）；受访者将转化研究技能（55%）和基金申请撰写（50%）确定为未满足的需求。关于长期职业规划的指导与从事研究职业的意愿显著相关，然而，一些学员也将其确定为未满足的需求（35%希望得到帮助；15%报告得到了帮助）。
在职业指导方面给予更多的重视和正规培训，可能有助于支持日本医学科学家学员培养追求并留在研究职业中的自我效能感。
