Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2022 Dec;23(12):383-392.
doi: 10.1007/s11934-022-01122-9. Epub 2022 Dec 2.

A Review of Mentorship in Urology: Are We Satisfied?

Annie Chen  1 , Joseph Harnett  1 , Pankti Kothari  1 , Michael Ernst  2
Affiliations
Review

A Review of Mentorship in Urology: Are We Satisfied?

Annie Chen et al. Curr Urol Rep. 2022 Dec.

Abstract

Purpose of review: To evaluate the state of mentorship in the field of urology.

Recent findings: Mentorship has been shown to decrease burnout, increase recruitment of underrepresented minority groups, and have a positive influence on the career trajectory of mentees. Approximately half of surgical residency programs have mentorship programs. The current literature supports the idea that formal mentorship programs are successful based on level 1 satisfaction scores. However, studies are sparse and of low quality. Mentorship program success is rarely objectively measured. Structured mentorship programs appear to be beneficial, but require serious planning, evaluation, and ongoing support without which the programs can fail. Future research should be focused on objective and measurable metrics of success.

Keywords: Medical education; Mentee; Mentor; Mentorship; Urology.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

References

    1. Khan NR, Rialon KL, Buretta KJ, Deslauriers JR, Harwood JL, Jardine DA. Residents as mentors: the development of resident mentorship milestones. J Grad Med Educ. 2017;9:551–554. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-17-00415.1. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Will You Be My Mentor?—Four archetypes to help mentees succeed in academic medicine | Child Development | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network [Internet]. [cited 2022 Sep 13]. Available from: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2.... - PubMed
    1. Kashiwagi DT, Varkey P, Cook DA. Mentoring programs for physicians in academic medicine: a systematic review. Acad Med. 2013;88:1029–1037. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318294f368. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Akinla O, Hagan P, Atiomo W. A systematic review of the literature describing the outcomes of near-peer mentoring programs for first year medical students. BMC Med Educ. 2018;18:98. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1195-1. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. •• Chua WJ, Cheong CWS, Lee FQH, Koh EYH, Toh YP, Mason S, et al. Structuring mentoring in medicine and surgery. A systematic scoping review of mentoring programs between 2000 and 2019. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2020;40:158–68. A systematic review of mentorship programs in medicine and surgery programs in order to design a consistent structured approach for implementation of formal curricula. - PubMed