Agarwal Ashok, Leisegang Kristian, Panner Selvam Manesh Kumar, Durairajanayagam Damayanthi, Barbarosie Catalina, Finelli Renata, Sengupta Pallav, Dutta Sulagna, Majzoub Ahmad, Pushparaj Peter Natesan, Elbardisi Haitham, Sharma Rakesh, Gupta Sajal, Arafa Mohamed, Roychoudhury Shubhadeep, Alves Marco G, Oliveira Pedro Fontes, Henkel Ralf
American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
School of Natural Medicine, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
Andrologia. 2021 Apr;53(3):e13961. doi: 10.1111/and.13961. Epub 2021 Jan 25.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the suspension of the annual Summer Internship at the American Center for Reproductive Medicine (ACRM). To transit it into an online format, an inaugural 6-week 2020 ACRM Online Mentorship Program was developed focusing on five core pillars of andrology research: scientific writing, scientific methodology, plagiarism understanding, soft skills development and mentee basic andrology knowledge. This study aims to determine mentee developmental outcomes based on student surveys and discuss these within the context of the relevant teaching and learning methodology. The mentorship was structured around scientific writing projects established by the team using a student-centred approach, with one-on-one expert mentorship through weekly formative assessments. Furthermore, weekly online meetings were conducted, including expert lectures, formative assessments and social engagement. Data were collected through final assessments and mentee surveys on mentorship outcomes. Results show that mentees (n = 28) reported a significant (p < .0001) improvement in all criteria related to the five core pillars. These results illustrate that the aims of the online mentorship program were achieved through a unique and adaptive online educational model and that our model has demonstrated its effectiveness as an innovative structured educational experience through the COVID-19 crisis.
2020年，新冠疫情导致美国生殖医学中心（ACRM）的年度暑期实习暂停。为将其转变为线上形式，2020年ACRM首届为期6周的线上指导计划得以开展，该计划聚焦于男科学研究的五个核心支柱：科学写作、科学方法、对剽窃的理解、软技能培养以及学员的基础男科学知识。本研究旨在根据学员调查确定学员的发展成果，并在相关教学方法的背景下进行讨论。指导计划围绕团队以学生为中心设立的科学写作项目构建，通过每周的形成性评估提供一对一的专家指导。此外，还开展了每周一次的线上会议，包括专家讲座、形成性评估和社交互动。通过最终评估和学员对指导成果的调查收集数据。结果显示，学员（n = 28）报告称与五个核心支柱相关的所有标准均有显著（p <.0001）改善。这些结果表明，线上指导计划的目标通过独特且适应性强的线上教育模式得以实现，并且我们的模式在新冠疫情危机期间已证明其作为一种创新的结构化教育体验的有效性。
