Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Child Development Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2022 Sep;173:92-97. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2022.05.006. Epub 2022 Jun 24.
Mentorship provides general career guidance in academic medicine. Sponsorship advocates for a sponsee by endorsing this person for a position or role. Sponsorship is less common and originates from the corporate world. The objective was to evaluate current mentorship and sponsorship practices in academic medicine in the German-speaking regions of Switzerland. The aim was to assess to which degree sponsorship is implemented in academic medicine in Switzerland.
Cross-sectional survey of current and alumni participants of career development programs at two Medical Faculties of Swiss universities. Both programs build on institutionalized mentoring. The anonymous electronic survey was based on a literature review with non-validated questions about mentorship and sponsorship.
The overall survey response rate was 37.6% (38/101). The majority of respondents was female (31/38; 81.6%) and between 30 and 40 years of age (22/38; 57.9%). Almost all participants had at least one mentor (37/38; 97.4%), and mentoring addressed all or most (21/38; 55.3%) of the relevant topics regarding academic career development. More than one third of the respondents (13/38; 34.2%) did not have a sponsor, 4/38 (10.5%) were unsure whether they had a sponsor, and 5/38 (13.2%) had not yet heard about sponsorship.
In Switzerland, mentorship is well-established in academic medicine while awareness for the benefits of sponsorship needs to be fostered in order to further advance academic careers in medicine.
Mentoring and sponsoring may be considered key instruments for empowerment of junior faculty/physician scientists to become leaders in the field of academic medicine.
指导在学术医学中提供一般职业指导。 赞助通过认可被赞助者来支持该人担任某个职位或角色。 赞助不太常见，起源于企业界。 目的是评估瑞士德语区学术医学中的当前指导和赞助实践。 目的是评估在瑞士学术医学中实施赞助的程度。
对两所瑞士大学医学院职业发展计划的现任和校友参与者进行横断面调查。 这两个计划都基于制度化的指导。 匿名电子调查基于文献综述，其中包含有关指导和赞助的未经验证的问题。
总体调查回复率为 37.6%（38/101）。 大多数受访者为女性（31/38；81.6%），年龄在 30 至 40 岁之间（22/38；57.9%）。 几乎所有参与者都有至少一位导师（37/38；97.4%），并且指导涵盖了学术职业发展的所有或大部分（21/38；55.3%）相关主题。 超过三分之一的受访者（13/38；34.2%）没有赞助商，4/38（10.5%）不确定他们是否有赞助商，而 5/38（13.2%）尚未听说过赞助。
在瑞士，学术医学中的指导已经确立，而提高对赞助益处的认识对于进一步推进医学学术职业发展是必要的。
指导和赞助可以被认为是赋予初级教职员工/医师科学家权力的关键手段，使他们成为学术医学领域的领导者。
