Mentor networks in academic medicine: moving beyond a dyadic conception of mentoring for junior faculty researchers.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Career development award programs often require formal establishment of mentoring relationships. The authors sought to gain a nuanced understanding of mentoring from the perspective of a diverse national sample of faculty clinician-researchers who were all members of formal mentoring relationships.

Method

Between February 2010 and August 2011, the authors conducted semistructured, in-depth telephone interviews with 100 former recipients of National Institutes of Health mentored career development awards and 28 of their mentors. Purposive sampling ensured a diverse range of viewpoints. Multiple analysts thematically coded verbatim transcripts using qualitative data analysis software.

Results

Three relevant themes emerged: (1) the numerous roles and behaviors as

SUBMITTER: DeCastro R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3610810 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature