Avila Bianca, Jayes Friederike, Neblett Enrique, Pusek Susan, Girdler Susan S, Corsino Leonor
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Duke University School of Medicine.
Chron Mentor Coach. 2024 Jun;8(1):141-155. doi: 10.62935/vz1391.
Peer group mentoring facilitated by senior faculty represents an effective approach. However, for underrepresented biomedical researchers, access to senior faculty from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups is limited. We explored motivations, benefits, and challenges for facilitators enrolled to deploy an intervention in the context of a randomized controlled trial that tested two peer group mentoring strategies for underrepresented early career researchers. Peer group sessions were co-facilitated by two senior underrepresented faculty. Thirty-six faculty were recruited as facilitators over four years. The facilitators' primary motivation was advancing the diversity of the workforce, the primary benefit was satisfaction from helping underrepresented researchers, and the primary challenge was time. Understanding motivations, benefits, and challenges of facilitators informs efforts in recruiting and retaining facilitators and disseminating this curriculum and others like it, to the broader community.
由资深教员推动的同伴群体指导是一种有效的方法。然而，对于代表性不足的生物医学研究人员来说，接触来自代表性不足的种族/族裔群体的资深教员的机会有限。我们探讨了在一项随机对照试验中参与部署干预措施的促进者的动机、益处和挑战，该试验测试了针对代表性不足的早期职业研究人员的两种同伴群体指导策略。同伴群体会议由两名代表性不足的资深教员共同主持。在四年时间里，招募了36名教员作为促进者。促进者的主要动机是促进劳动力的多样性，主要益处是从帮助代表性不足的研究人员中获得满足感，主要挑战是时间。了解促进者的动机、益处和挑战有助于在招募和留住促进者以及向更广泛的社区传播这一课程及其他类似课程方面做出努力。
