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The mentoring of women for medical career development

The mentoring of women for medical career development Purpose In Germany, scientific qualifications and an academic career in medical disciplines require mastering and balancing clinical, research and teaching activities. Systematic interdisciplinary human resource development is rare in German medical faculties. The purpose of this paper is to describe the MediMent programme, which is a model for systematic interdisciplinary support of early and midphase career development for medical academics. It comprises mentoring, training and networking modules tailored for pre and postdoctoral students at the Medical Faculty. It contributes to organisational development and reducing gender inequality by an affirmative action programme for women. The programme supports individual careerbuilding, teaches networking skills for an interdisciplinary workplace and assists in conflict resolution.Designmethodologyapproach Mentors and mentees provided feedback via standardised forms. Additional openended questions were interpreted by content analysis. Statistics were prepared using SPSS.Findings Evaluation of the first sixyear programme run revealed several benefits, indicating the trio of mentoring, networking and the accompanying seminar series efficiently supports career development of young medical academics. Participating mentees felt they achieved career goals within the mentoring programme. Evaluations indicated a strong potential for future investment in the organisation through better training, improving institutional visibility and stimulating recruitment of excellent students.Originalityvalue The success of the MediMent programme described in the paper recommends it for implementation at other institutions. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education Emerald Publishing

The mentoring of women for medical career development

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Purpose In Germany, scientific qualifications and an academic career in medical disciplines require mastering and balancing clinical, research and teaching activities. Systematic interdisciplinary human resource development is rare in German medical faculties. The purpose of this paper is to describe the MediMent programme, which is a model for systematic interdisciplinary support of early and midphase career development for medical academics. It comprises mentoring, training and networking modules tailored for pre and postdoctoral students at the Medical Faculty. It contributes to organisational development and reducing gender inequality by an affirmative action programme for women. The programme supports individual careerbuilding, teaches networking skills for an interdisciplinary workplace and assists in conflict resolution.Designmethodologyapproach Mentors and mentees provided feedback via standardised forms. Additional openended questions were interpreted by content analysis. Statistics were prepared using SPSS.Findings Evaluation of the first sixyear programme run revealed several benefits, indicating the trio of mentoring, networking and the accompanying seminar series efficiently supports career development of young medical academics. Participating mentees felt they achieved career goals within the mentoring programme. Evaluations indicated a strong potential for future investment in the organisation through better training, improving institutional visibility and stimulating recruitment of excellent students.Originalityvalue The success of the MediMent programme described in the paper recommends it for implementation at other institutions.

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International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education – Emerald Publishing

Published: May 4, 2012

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