School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
BMJ Open. 2023 Aug 8;13(8):e071696. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071696.
To assess the perception of global mentorship in neurosurgery among medical students across the world. Secondary aim included investigating the factors affecting the availability and benefits of providing global mentorship scheme in neurosurgery at a medical student level.
The Global Mentorship in Neurosurgery for Medical Students Study was a multinational cross-sectional audit that included medical students currently in the years 1-6 and intercalating programmes. They were invited to complete an online survey between 11 March and 1 May 2022.
The survey was disseminated to 243 medical university ambassadors worldwide from 60 countries who distributed the survey within their respective medical student cohorts across the duration of the study.
Overall, 2962 of 3017 (98.2%) responses from medical students from 60 countries worldwide were included; 1439 of 2962 (49%) and 1523 of 2962 (51%) were from years 1-3 and 4-6 medical students including intercalating degree programmes, respectively. 1712, 1502 and 1359 of responses gathered indicated that possible reasons for the lack of neurosurgical mentorship are lack of time and resources from trainees in neurosurgery, time within medical school's curriculum and awareness of societies in neurosurgery/neurology. 1276 and 1065 of medical students surveyed reported that it could also be due to lack of funding and overall inaccessibility within the area meaning there are few networking opportunities available.
This pilot study indicates that there is a scope for improvement regarding the availability and accessibility of neurosurgical mentorship programmes worldwide at a medical student level. The evaluation suggested that medical students would most benefit from the neurosurgical mentorship in the future by means of increased numbers of mentors within their universities, accessibility to neurosurgical departments and the ability to choose mentorship globally via a unified digital platform.
评估全球范围内医学生对神经外科学全球指导的看法。次要目的包括调查影响在医学生层面提供神经外科学全球指导计划的可用性和益处的因素。
全球神经外科学医学生指导研究是一项多国家横断面审计，包括目前处于 1-6 年级和插班课程的医学生。他们被邀请在 2022 年 3 月 11 日至 5 月 1 日期间完成在线调查。
该调查分发给全球 60 个国家的 243 名医学大学大使，他们在研究期间在各自的医学生群体中分发了调查。
共有来自全球 60 个国家的 3017 名医学生中的 2962 名（98.2%）做出了回应；其中 1439 名（49%）和 1523 名（51%）分别来自 1-3 年级和 4-6 年级的医学生，包括插班学位课程。1712 名、1502 名和 1359 名受访者表示，神经外科学指导缺乏的可能原因是神经外科受训者缺乏时间和资源、医学课程内的时间以及对神经外科学/神经病学协会的认识。1276 名和 1065 名接受调查的医学生报告说，这也可能是由于缺乏资金和该地区的总体不可及性，导致几乎没有网络机会。
这项试点研究表明，在全球范围内，在医学生层面上，神经外科学指导计划的可用性和可及性还有待提高。评估表明，医学生将来最受益于神经外科学指导，具体方式是在他们的大学增加导师数量、获得神经外科部门的可及性以及通过统一的数字平台在全球范围内选择指导。
