Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven Connecticut.
Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven Connecticut.
J Surg Educ. 2019 Jan-Feb;76(1):1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2018.05.016. Epub 2018 Jul 4.
The traditional apprenticeship model of research mentorship, where residents pursue research projects directed by attending surgeons, may be ill-suited to optimize research innovation, productivity, and leadership experience. This is particularly true in an era of ever mounting demands of academic attending surgeons, easier availability of powerful clinical databases, and more residents beginning training with prior research experience and advanced degrees. To help makeup the gaps of traditional research mentorship, we propose a complementary peer-focused, "sideways mentorship" approach. This model revolves around a consortium of residents who develop their own research ideas, and obtain feedback and technical input from fellow residents. Such a model provides trainees more opportunities to explore their own ideas, become exposed to a wider range of disciplines, share technical knowledge and prior experience, and practice being mentors themselves. We believe sideways mentoring model can be successful in this changing research era, and is a valuable addition to the traditional research model and encourage educational programs to support efforts in establishing resident-run research collaborative.
传统的研究指导学徒模式，即住院医师从事由主治外科医生指导的研究项目，可能不适合优化研究创新、生产力和领导经验。在主治外科医生的学术要求不断增加、更强大的临床数据库更容易获得以及更多的住院医师开始接受具有先前研究经验和高级学位的培训的时代，这种情况尤其如此。为了弥补传统研究指导的不足，我们提出了一种互补的以同伴为中心的“横向指导”方法。该模型围绕着一组住院医师展开，他们提出自己的研究想法，并从同事那里获得反馈和技术投入。这种模式为学员提供了更多探索自己想法的机会，接触更广泛的学科，分享技术知识和先前经验，并实践成为导师。我们相信，在这个不断变化的研究时代，横向指导模式可以取得成功，并且是对传统研究模式的有益补充，并鼓励教育计划支持建立住院医师主导的研究合作的努力。
