Mentoring for early-career women in health research: the HIGHER Women Consortium approach.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2017-03-06 eCollection Date: 2017-01-01 DOI:10.1017/gheg.2016.20

S K Kwedi Nolna, P E Essama Mekongo, R G F Leke

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Abstract

Attracting and retaining women in health research is crucial as it will maximize creativity and innovation as well as increase gender competency and expertise in the field. To help address the gender gap in the research for health field in Cameroon, some women research scientists formed the Higher Institute for Growth in HEalth Research for Women (HIGHER Women) consortium to support and encourage the growth of women research scientists through a training institute with a Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP). The consortium set up a MPP aiming at providing professional guidance to facilitate protégés' growth and emergence in health research. The consortium has conducted two workshops aiming at increasing the early-career women's skills needed to launch their career and focusing on proposal writing with the aim of producing a fundable project. Since 2015, the consortium has brought together approximately 100 women comprising of 80 protégés. The most significant outcome is in the protégés' feedback from their annual evaluations. The protégés are now more likely to submit abstracts and attend international conferences. Some grants have been obtained as a result of the working relationship with mentors. The HIGHER women consortium works to develop a pipeline of women leaders in health research by fostering growth and leadership culture through their MPP.

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指导从事卫生研究的早期职业妇女:高等妇女联合会方法。

吸引和留住妇女从事保健研究是至关重要的，因为这将最大限度地发挥创造力和创新，并增加该领域的性别能力和专门知识。为了帮助解决喀麦隆保健研究领域的性别差距问题，一些妇女研究科学家组成了妇女保健研究发展高等研究所(高等妇女研究所)联合会，通过一个具有导师- proteen - g方案(MPP)的培训机构，支持和鼓励妇女研究科学家的发展。该联盟设立了一个MPP，目的是提供专业指导，以促进protacimac在卫生研究中的成长和出现。该联盟举办了两次讲习班，旨在提高早期职业妇女开展职业所需的技能，并侧重于提案写作，目的是产生一个可资助的项目。自2015年以来，该联盟已召集了大约100名妇女，其中包括80名protacimacei。最重要的成果是在原的人对其年度评估的反馈中。现在，原的人更有可能提交摘要和参加国际会议。由于与导师的工作关系，获得了一些赠款。高等教育妇女联合会通过她们的MPP促进成长和领导文化，努力发展保健研究领域的妇女领导队伍。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.