Andrea Donovan1, Jeff Donovan. 1. Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Many academic training programmes have developed mentorship programmes for postgraduate doctors in training, but little is known about the factors that influence their establishment. METHODS: Canadian postgraduate training directors were surveyed to determine views on mentorship and factors associated with the establishment of these programmes. RESULTS: A total of 199 of 344 (58%) programme directors completed an online survey. Overall, 65% of respondents reported that their training programmes had a mentorship programme and 40% felt there was a need for more structured mentorship in training programmes. Univariate analysis showed that mentorship programmes were present significantly more often in larger programmes, internal medicine-based training programmes, and in programmes where the acting programme director had either been part of a mentorship programme during his or her own training or felt that mentorship had played an important role in his or her professional development. In adjusting for covariates using a logistic regression analysis, only those factors directly attributable to a programme director's personal mentoring experiences remained significantly associated with having a mentorship programme. Those who felt that mentorship had played a role in their own careers (P = 0.008, odds ratio [OR] = 3.3, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.7-6.6) or who had been part of a mentorship programme during their own training (P = 0.01, OR = 6.6, 95% CI 1.4-30.1) were more likely to have an active mentorship programme at their institution. CONCLUSIONS: A need for more structured mentorship was identified for many training programmes. Overall, programme directors' previous mentoring experiences were independently associated with having a mentorship programme.
OBJECTIVES: Many academic training programmes have developed mentorship programmes for postgraduate doctors in training, but little is known about the factors that influence their establishment. METHODS: Canadian postgraduate training directors were surveyed to determine views on mentorship and factors associated with the establishment of these programmes. RESULTS: A total of 199 of 344 (58%) programme directors completed an online survey. Overall, 65% of respondents reported that their training programmes had a mentorship programme and 40% felt there was a need for more structured mentorship in training programmes. Univariate analysis showed that mentorship programmes were present significantly more often in larger programmes, internal medicine-based training programmes, and in programmes where the acting programme director had either been part of a mentorship programme during his or her own training or felt that mentorship had played an important role in his or her professional development. In adjusting for covariates using a logistic regression analysis, only those factors directly attributable to a programme director's personal mentoring experiences remained significantly associated with having a mentorship programme. Those who felt that mentorship had played a role in their own careers (P = 0.008, odds ratio [OR] = 3.3, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.7-6.6) or who had been part of a mentorship programme during their own training (P = 0.01, OR = 6.6, 95% CI 1.4-30.1) were more likely to have an active mentorship programme at their institution. CONCLUSIONS: A need for more structured mentorship was identified for many training programmes. Overall, programme directors' previous mentoring experiences were independently associated with having a mentorship programme.
Authors: E Yusuf; D S Y Ong; A Martin-Quiros; C Skevaki; J Cortez; K Dedić; A E Maraolo; D Dušek; P J Maver; M Sanguinetti; E Tacconelli Journal: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis Date: 2016-10-04 Impact factor: 3.267