Yin Mingyuan, McManus Mindy, Dawson Nancy, Tolaymat Leila, Prier Cara C, Tan Winston, Pritchard Ingrid, Hill Ebone, Haga Claire, Hedges Mary S
Research Administration, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA.
Human Resources, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA.
Cureus. 2023 Dec 29;15(12):e51289. doi: 10.7759/cureus.51289. eCollection 2023 Dec.
Successful mentorship programs in academic medicine correlate with increased achievement in scholarly activities, leadership, and academic advancement for faculty members, as well as reduced burnout. Despite these benefits, the traditional mentorship model may be underutilized due to challenges of time constraints and alignment in goals. Furthermore, women and underrepresented in medicine (UriM) physicians are less likely to have mentorship, perpetuating the gap in the diversity of academic faculty in leadership and career advancement. To address this, we created an innovative mentorship model for busy academic faculty physicians using a virtual academic asynchronous mentoring video platform. Methods: A series of videos were created by interviewing 10 identified mentors (four male, six female) from various medical specialties at a national academic institution. The mentors included nine physician faculty with the academic rank of Associate Professor or full Professor and one Research Administrator. Key learning points shared by mentors included topics on academic advancement, mentorship development, leadership development, and research resources.
Between March 2020 and September 2023, the Virtual Academic Asynchronous Mentoring (VAAM) Video Series garnered 182 unique viewers, received 2,107 visits, and accumulated 1,871 total minutes of viewing time. All viewers were surveyed, with an 11% survey response rate received. Fifty-two percent of survey respondents reported that the video content was excellent and 43% reported very good. Seventy-six percent of respondents thought the video series had the potential to enhance their professional development and academic productivity.
The VAAM Video Platform offers a novel approach to academic mentoring for faculty physicians which eliminates limitations of traditional mentorship models in a convenient and cost-effective way. VAAM offers an egalitarian starting point for all junior faculty who have not yet established a mentoring relationship to seek information and resources on academic advancement and career development.
学术医学领域成功的导师指导计划与教职员工在学术活动、领导力和学术晋升方面取得更大成就以及职业倦怠减轻相关。尽管有这些益处，但由于时间限制和目标一致性方面的挑战，传统的导师指导模式可能未得到充分利用。此外，女性和医学领域代表性不足的医生获得导师指导的可能性较小，这使得学术教职员工在领导力和职业晋升方面的多样性差距持续存在。为解决这一问题，我们利用虚拟学术异步指导视频平台为忙碌的学术教职医生创建了一种创新的导师指导模式。
通过采访一所全国性学术机构中来自各个医学专业的10位选定导师（4名男性，6名女性）制作了一系列视频。这些导师包括9位具有副教授或正教授学术职称的医生教员和1位研究管理员。导师分享的关键学习要点包括学术晋升、导师指导发展、领导力发展和研究资源等主题。
在2020年3月至2023年9月期间，虚拟学术异步指导（VAAM）视频系列吸引了182名独立观众，获得2107次访问，累计观看时长1871分钟。对所有观众进行了调查，调查回复率为11%。52%的调查受访者表示视频内容优秀，43%表示非常好。76%的受访者认为该视频系列有潜力提升他们的专业发展和学术生产力。
VAAM视频平台为教职医生的学术指导提供了一种新颖的方法，以方便且经济高效的方式消除了传统导师指导模式的局限性。VAAM为所有尚未建立导师指导关系的初级教职员工提供了一个平等的起点，使他们能够获取有关学术晋升和职业发展的信息和资源。
