The Impact of Primary Mentors and Career Development Committees on Junior Faculty Productivity in a Pediatric Academic Health Center

Access to quality mentorship is an important factor in determining junior faculty members ’ career development, job satisfaction, and success, as well as a key component of institutions’ endeavors to build the next generation of diverse faculty members and leaders in academic medicine. 1-7 However, few studies have rigorously evaluated the longitudinal association between mentorship initiatives and measures of academic productivity such as manuscripts and grants. 8,9 Furthermore, little is known about the effectiveness of mentorship programs by sex or academic track (eg, clinical vs research) among academic faculty.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Source Type: research