Lack of residents due to COVID-19 pandemic. Can a mentor-mentee program during medical studies have a positive influence on the choice for specialist training in gynecology and obstetrics? A review of current literature and results of a national wide survey of medical students.
COVID-19 pandemic
Mentoring
Residents
Shortage of doctors
Students
Journal
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics
ISSN: 1432-0711
Titre abrégé: Arch Gynecol Obstet
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8710213
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2022
03 2022
Historique:
received:
19
04
2021
accepted:
15
11
2021
pubmed:
5
12
2021
medline:
16
3
2022
entrez:
4
12
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic restricting clinical practice and exacerbating the lack of medical staff. There is currently a lack of young residents who are deciding on further training in gynecology and obstetrics. review and prospective, cross-sectional study. the aim of this study was to investigate if structured mentoring programs can counteract this deficiency. medical students took part from Germany in the clinical phase. An anonymous questionnaire was developed and distributed to students from January to October 2020. Epidemiological data, questions about mentoring experiences, necessity and their expected influence on career planning were collected and statistically evaluated. structured mentoring-programs can influence the choice of subject. In particular, men are still underrepresented. Research on the topic of mentoring during in the field of gynaecology and obstetrics is completely lacking. A representative number of 927 medical students took part in the survey. 22% (170/906) of the students had already participated in a mentoring program with a significantly higher proportion of men (69%; 117/170; p < 0.001). Of these, 94% (453/170) said this was helpful. 6% (55/906) wanted to pursue a career in gynecology and obstetrics. When asked about their appreciation for structured mentoring programs in gynecology and obstetrics, 95% (880/906) would participate and 94% agreed (871/906) that this could have an impact on their choice of specialist and career planning. An active provision of mentoring programs and more content can be a way of counteracting the shortage of residents in gynecology and obstetrics.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34862919
doi: 10.1007/s00404-021-06336-9
pii: 10.1007/s00404-021-06336-9
pmc: PMC8642752
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
661-670Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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