Mentorship in Academic Medicine

172 Pages·2013·1.51 MB·English

by  Sharon Straus

Mentorship in
Academic
Medicine

Mentorship in
Academic
Medicine
Sharon E. Straus MD, FRCPC, MSc
LiKaShingKnowledgeInstitute
St.Michael’sHospital;
DepartmentofMedicine
UniversityofToronto
Toronto,ON
Canada
David L. Sackett OC, MD, FRSC, FRCP
Director,TroutResearch&EducationCentre
IrishLake,ON
Canada
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Contents
Acknowledgements,vii
Introduction,ix
Chapter1:Whatistheevidenceformentorship?,1
Chapter2:Whatarethecharacteristicsandbehaviors
ofeffectivementorsandmentees?,11
Chapter3:Howcanyouinitiatementorship?,25
Chapter4.1:Someeffectivementoringstrategies
andtactics,35
Part1:Mentorshipmeetings,prioritysetting,
andtime-management, 35
Chapter4.2:Someeffectivementoringstrategies
andtactics,50
Part2:Protectingmenteesfrom‘‘dys-opportunities’’, 50
Chapter4.3:Someeffectivementoringstrategies
andtactics,72
Part3:Mentoringforknowledgegeneration, 72
Chapter4.4:Someeffectivementoringstrategies
andtactics,87
Part4:Mentoringforknowledgedissemination, 87
Chapter4.5:Someeffectivementoringstrategies
andtactics,99
Part5:Mentoringforpromotion,protection,andjobprospects, 99
vi Contents
Chapter5:Howcanyouassess,diagnose,andtreat
mentorshipthatisintrouble?,110
Chapter6:Howcanyouinitiateandmaintain
amentorshipprogam?,119
Chapter7:Howcanyouevaluatetheimpact
ofamentorshipprogram?,133
Chapter8:Howcanyouscaleupandsustainamentorship
program?,148
Index, 153
Acknowledgements
We have learned a huge amount from our mentors, mentees, friends, and
colleaguesaboutmentorshipandwethankthemfortheirongoingsupport
and inspiration. We thank Jennifer Deevy for obtaining permissions to
reproduce some of the tables in this book, and we thank David Newton
bothforhishardworkinorganizingourmentorshipsurveyresults,andfor
hisgeniusincreatingthewebsite(www.mentorshipacademicmedicine.com)
thataccompaniesthisbook.DarioSambunjakandMitchFeldmangenerously
provided both insights and feedback on early drafts of Chapters 6 and 7
respectively.VicNeufeld,DonaldCole,andLehanaThabanerevieweddrafts
ofthebookandprovideduswiththoughtfulfeedbackonitscontents.
Wethankeachofouramazingcolleagueswhonotonlyserveasrolemodels
ofexcellentmentorship,buttookthetimetotellushowtheydiditthrough
completionofasurvey(andareallowingustosharetheirinsightsandexper-
tisewithyou).Theyinclude:PaulArmstrong,JesseBerlin,MohitBhandari,
DianneBryant,JohnCairns,BillClark,RebeccaClarke,DeborahCook,Gary
Cutter, Dave Davis, Simon Day, Julian Desmond, John Eikelboom, Justin
Ezekowitz, Brian Feldman, Amit Garg, Hertzel Gerstein, Paul Glasziou,
ChristianGluud,CharlesGoldsmith,VladimirHachinski,RobertHart,Brian
Haynes,BrendaHemmelgarn,CarlHeneghan,AsbjørnHro´bjartsson,Clive
Kearon, Andreas Laupacis, France Le´gare´, Sandy MacPherson, Bonani
Mayosi,MaureenMeade,CindyMulrow,JockMurray,JimNeaton,Andy
Oxman,BarryPless,DonRedelmeier,RobertaScherer,DavidSimel,Peter
Szatmari,ShaunTreweek,AndrewVickers,AllynWalsh,andJamesWare.
Sharonwouldliketoparticularlythankherfamilyfortheirpatienceand
support.ShegivesspecialthankstoJeremyGrimshaw,BrianHaynes,Andreas
Laupacis,andArthurSlutskywhocontinuetoprovideherwithmentorship.
viii Acknowledgements
MuchofDave’scontributiontothisbookisanexpansionofhis‘Clinician-
trialistrounds’columninthejournalClinicalTrials,andhethanksitseditor,
SteveGoodman,forshepherdingthatenterprise.Individual“rounds”were
guest-led by Sharon, Peter Szatmari, and Andy Oxman, and frequently
incorporatedcommentsfromfellowtrialiststheworld’round.