دورية أكاديمية
Gender and Mentorship in Military Medicine: A Survey Study.
| العنوان: | Gender and Mentorship in Military Medicine: A Survey Study. |
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| المؤلفون: | Cole R; Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.; Department of Health Professions Education, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA., Zurbrugg K; Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University., Lee Y; Department of Health Professions Education, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA., Dong T; Department of Health Professions Education, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA., Bunin J; Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University., Granite G; Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA., Barak A; Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.; Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University., Rudinsky SL; Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. |
| المصدر: | Military medicine [Mil Med] 2024 May 20. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 20. |
| Publication Model: | Ahead of Print |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 2984771R Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1930-613X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00264075 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Mil Med Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: 2018- : Oxford : Oxford University Press Original Publication: Washington, D.C. : Association of Military Surgeons, United States, 1955- |
| مستخلص: | Introduction: Mentorship is essential for professional development and advancement within the military. In civilian medicine, the intersection between gender and mentorship holds important implications for research opportunities, academic success, and career progression. However, the intersection of gender and mentorship has not yet been explored within the field of military medicine. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to investigate the role of gender in mentorship within the field of military medicine. Materials and Methods: We investigated gender and mentorship within military medicine by developing and distributing a 16-item Likert survey to active-duty military physicians. We used the Chi-squared test of independence and the independent samples t-test to examine the role of gender in mentorship among the 16 questions. Results: The male respondents reported more same-gender mentors than females (male [M]: 61.9% vs. female [F]: 33.0%), whereas the female respondents had significantly more mentors of the opposite gender than males (M: 12.4% vs. F: 47.3%). A higher proportion of males indicated no preference compared to females. Conversely, a significant preference for a same-sex mentor was expressed by female respondents compared to male respondents (M: 5.2% vs. F: 30.1%). In contrast, female respondents considered having a mentor more important than their male counterparts (t(206) = -2.26, P = .012, F: 3.86 vs. M: 3.57). Both male and female respondents had significantly more female mentees ($\chi _{\left( 1 \right)}^2$ = 12.92, P < .001, Cramer's V = 0.254). Conclusions: While the female participants in our study preferred female mentors, the male participants had more same-gender mentors than the female participants. In addition, more females reported that they did not have the time to be mentored. Our results, therefore, suggest that training males to be better mentors to females and providing accessible mentorship training to females may promote equitable career development within military medicine. (Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2024. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.) |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20240521 Latest Revision: 20240521 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240521 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/milmed/usae261 |
| PMID: | 38771631 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
| تدمد: | 1930-613X |
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| DOI: | 10.1093/milmed/usae261 |