Rubio Doris, Norman Marie K, Mayowski Colleen A, Proulx Chelsea N, Karras Alana, Hausmann Leslie
Institute for Clinical Research Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Veterans Affairs, Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
J Clin Transl Sci. 2023 Feb 10;7(1):e39. doi: 10.1017/cts.2022.513. eCollection 2023.
In 2015, the University of Pittsburgh partnered with several Minority Serving Institutions to develop the Leading Emerging and Diverse Scientists to Success (LEADS) Program. LEADS was designed to provide skills development, mentoring, and networking support to early career underrepresented faculty.
LEADS included three components: skills training (e.g., grant and manuscript writing and team science), mentoring, and networking opportunities. Scholars completed a pre- and post-test survey and an annual alumni survey that included measures on burnout, motivation, leadership, professionalism, mentoring, job and career satisfaction, networking, and an assessment of their research self-efficacy.
Scholars demonstrated a significant increase in their research self-efficacy having completed all the modules ( = 6.12; < 0.001). Collectively, LEADS scholars submitted 73 grants and secured 46 grants for a 63% success rate. Most scholars either agreed or strongly agreed that their mentor was effective in helping to develop their research skills (65%) and provided effective counseling (56%). Scholars did experience increased burnout with 50% feeling burned out at the exit survey (t = 1.42; = 0.16) and 58% reporting feelings of burnout at the most recent survey in 2020 (t = 3.96; < 0.001).
Our findings support the claim that participation in LEADS enhanced critical research skills, provided networking and mentoring opportunities, and contributed to research productivity for scientists from underrepresented backgrounds.
2015年，匹兹堡大学与几所少数族裔服务机构合作，开展了“引领新兴和多元化科学家走向成功”（LEADS）项目。LEADS旨在为早期职业阶段代表性不足的教员提供技能发展、指导和人脉支持。
LEADS包括三个组成部分：技能培训（如资助申请和论文撰写以及团队科研）、指导和人脉拓展机会。学者们完成了一项前后测调查和一项年度校友调查，其中包括关于职业倦怠、动力、领导力、专业素养、指导、工作和职业满意度、人脉拓展的测评，以及对他们研究自我效能感的评估。
完成所有模块后，学者们的研究自我效能感显著提高（=6.12；<0.001）。总体而言，LEADS学者提交了73份资助申请，获得了46份资助，成功率为63%。大多数学者要么同意要么强烈同意他们的导师在帮助培养他们的研究技能方面很有效（65%），并提供了有效的咨询（56%）。学者们确实经历了职业倦怠的增加，50%的人在退出调查时感到倦怠（t=1.42；=0.16），58%的人在2020年最近一次调查中报告有倦怠感（t=3.96；<0.001）。
我们的研究结果支持这样的说法，即参与LEADS项目提高了关键的研究技能，提供了人脉拓展和指导机会，并提高了背景代表性不足的科学家的研究生产力。
