Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, 808 South Wood Street, MC 724, Chicago, IL, 60612 USA.
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, 808 South Wood Street, MC 724, Chicago, IL, 60612 USA.
J Natl Med Assoc. 2019 Dec;111(6):600-605. doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2019.07.001. Epub 2019 Jul 25.
To design, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of an enhanced peer mentoring program (EPMP) for faculty in emergency medicine aimed at overcoming traditional mentoring challenges.
Full time faculty (Clinical Instructor, Assistant, and Associate levels) were placed into peer groups (based upon their primary academic roles) led by senior faculty advisors at the Professor level. Peer groups met at least quarterly from 2012 to 2017. In lieu of a structured curriculum, session topics were informed by individual faculty surveys and peer group consensus. Areas of focus included work-life balance, prioritizing academic commitments, identification of mentors (both within and external to the department and university), networking opportunities, promotions goals, and career satisfaction.
Effectiveness of the EPMP was evaluated by academic productivity and advancement over a 5- year period. A total of 22 faculty members participated in the program. There was an increase in promotions to the next academic level, from 3 promotions in the five years before the program to 7 promotions in the five years of the program. Total grant funding increased 3-fold from $500,000 to $1,706,479 from the first year to the last year of the evaluation period.
This enhanced peer mentoring program was effective in mitigating many of the traditional mentoring challenges faced by faculty in academia and was successful in improving both academic productivity and advancement.
设计、实施并评估一项针对急诊医学教师的强化同行指导计划（EPMP），以克服传统指导所面临的挑战。
将全职教师（临床讲师、助理和副教授级别）按照他们的主要学术角色分配到由教授级别的资深教师担任顾问的同行小组中。从 2012 年到 2017 年，同行小组至少每季度开会一次。除了结构化的课程外，会议主题还根据个别教师的调查和同行小组的共识来确定。重点关注领域包括工作与生活的平衡、优先考虑学术承诺、确定导师（部门和大学内外）、建立联系的机会、晋升目标和职业满意度。
通过 5 年的学术成果和晋升情况来评估 EPMP 的效果。共有 22 名教师参加了该计划。在项目实施的五年中，晋升到下一学术级别的人数有所增加，从项目实施前的五年中的 3 次晋升增加到了 7 次晋升。从评估期的第一年到最后一年，总资助资金从 50 万美元增加到 1706479 美元，增加了 3 倍。
这项强化同行指导计划成功地克服了学术界教师面临的许多传统指导挑战，并成功地提高了学术成果和晋升。
