Language
English
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Journal
MedEdPORTAL
DOI
10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11366
PMID
38076293
PMCID
PMC10704005
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
12-8-2023
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-Print
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: In the field of hospital medicine, there is both a limited pool of senior faculty to mentor the rapidly growing number of junior faculty and a lack of career development curricula focused on scholarly activities specific to the needs of the hospitalist. These deficits have resulted in a disproportionately low number of academic hospitalists being promoted to associate and full professor. We implemented a facilitated peer mentoring program with a dedicated curriculum to foster career advancement of academic hospitalists.
METHODS: We recruited 29 academic hospitalists and divided them into five small groups, each guided by one senior faculty. Peer members participated in a 9-month curriculum consisting of alternating large- and small-group sessions that reviewed topics important for academic advancement. Quantitative analysis assessed feasibility of the program, as measured by participation and knowledge improvement on curriculum topics, with pre- and postprogram surveys.
RESULTS: Results demonstrated feasibility of the large-group sessions as measured through participation. Small-group participation was more variable. Pre- and postsurvey results showed significant knowledge improvement (
DISCUSSION: Currently, there is a gap in both mentorship and scholarly skills of academic hospitalists. Our facilitated peer mentoring program with a dedicated curriculum can be used as a framework for other hospitalist programs to support career development.
Keywords
Humans, Mentors, Mentoring, Hospitalists, Faculty, Medical, Hospital Medicine
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Lin, Doris; Schmidt, R Michelle; Shah, Chirayu; et al., "A Facilitated Peer Mentoring Program With a Dedicated Curriculum to Foster Career Advancement of Academic Hospitalists" (2023). Faculty and Staff Publications. 1493.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/baylor_docs/1493