Method The authors conducted semistructured interviews with Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine faculty in 2016: department chairs (sponsors) and faculty participants of …

Background Women remain underrepresented in top leadership positions in academic
medicine. In business settings, a person with power and influence actively supporting the …

The business community has honed the concept of sponsorship and promulgated its utility
for harnessing the talent of high-performing women and minorities whose contributions often …

Purpose Career development award programs often require formal establishment of
mentoring relationships. The authors sought to gain a nuanced understanding of mentoring …

Background Mentorship influences career planning, academic productivity, professional
satisfaction, and most notably, the pursuit of academic medicine careers. Little is known …

Purpose To explore the mentor–mentee relationship with a focus on determining the
characteristics of effective mentors and mentees and understanding the factors influencing …

Background To assess mentorship experiences among the faculty of a large academic
department of medicine and to examine how those experiences relate to academic …

Objective The study's objective was to identify the important qualities of outstanding mentors
as described by their mentees' letters of nomination for a prestigious lifetime achievement …

Purpose To explore aspects of mentoring that might influence medical faculty career
satisfaction and to discover whether there are gender differences. Method In 2010–2011, the …

BACKGROUND Although the benefits of mentoring in academic medical centers have been
amply discussed, the major focus has been on conferring traditional academic skills (eg …