Mentorship of Junior Surgical Faculty Across Academic Programs in Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Because mentorship is critical for professional development and career advancement, it is essential to examine the status of mentorship and identify challenges that junior surgical faculty (assistant and associate professors) face obtaining effective mentorship.

Objective

To evaluate the mentorship experience for junior surgical faculty and highlight areas for improvement.

Design, setting, and participants

This qualitative study was an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study including an anonymous survey on mentorship followed by semistructured interviews to expand on survey findings. Junior surgical faculty from 18 US academic surgery programs were included in the anonymous survey and interviews. Survey responses between "formal" (assigned by the depart

SUBMITTER: Yu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11375519 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature