{"title":"Developing a Physician-Led Model for Research Mentorship in Academic Urology.","authors":"Marco-Jose Rivero, Farah Rahman, Katherine Campbell, Braian Rene Ledesma, Ranjith Ramasamy","doi":"10.1007/s11934-023-01148-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Quality mentorship is difficult to attain amidst the conflicting demands of academic medicine. In this review, we sought to characterize mentor-mentee relationships and discuss their optimization towards productivity in the research team setting.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>A high-value mentor, defined by exceptional commitment to both research productivity and mentoring, naturally attracts prospective mentees, who can demonstrate their interest by shadowing and completing delegated tasks. Once fully initiated, the mentee establishes expectations with the mentor, identifies their roles within the research team, and, over time, takes ownership of the mentor-mentee relationship and collaborates with near-peers. Mentorship is a dynamic, reciprocal relationship that enhances career development of both participants. In the research team setting, episodic virtual research meetings and prudent delegation orient the entire team, while the mentor-mentee relationship is upheld by embracing a culture of responsiveness, feedback, and collaboration.</p>","PeriodicalId":11112,"journal":{"name":"Current Urology Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Urology Reports","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11934-023-01148-7","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Purpose of review: Quality mentorship is difficult to attain amidst the conflicting demands of academic medicine. In this review, we sought to characterize mentor-mentee relationships and discuss their optimization towards productivity in the research team setting.
Recent findings: A high-value mentor, defined by exceptional commitment to both research productivity and mentoring, naturally attracts prospective mentees, who can demonstrate their interest by shadowing and completing delegated tasks. Once fully initiated, the mentee establishes expectations with the mentor, identifies their roles within the research team, and, over time, takes ownership of the mentor-mentee relationship and collaborates with near-peers. Mentorship is a dynamic, reciprocal relationship that enhances career development of both participants. In the research team setting, episodic virtual research meetings and prudent delegation orient the entire team, while the mentor-mentee relationship is upheld by embracing a culture of responsiveness, feedback, and collaboration.
期刊介绍:
This journal intends to review the most important, recently published findings in the field of urology. By providing clear, insightful, balanced contributions by international experts, the journal elucidates current and emerging approaches to the care and prevention of urologic diseases and conditions.
We accomplish this aim by appointing international authorities to serve as Section Editors in key subject areas, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia, erectile dysfunction, female urology, and kidney disease. Section Editors, in turn, select topics for which leading experts contribute comprehensive review articles that emphasize new developments and recently published papers of major importance, highlighted by annotated reference lists. An international Editorial Board reviews the annual table of contents, suggests articles of special interest to their country/region, and ensures that topics are current and include emerging research. Commentaries from well-known figures in the field are also provided.