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dc.contributor.authorHouse, Allan
dc.contributor.authorDracup, Naila
dc.contributor.authorBurkinshaw, Paula
dc.contributor.authorWard, Vicky
dc.contributor.authorBryant, Louise D
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-10T10:30:27Z
dc.date.available2021-02-10T10:30:27Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-26
dc.identifier272794749
dc.identifier13e1c803-6163-4141-8289-1501fdefafee
dc.identifier85100409079
dc.identifier000614460700028
dc.identifier.citationHouse , A , Dracup , N , Burkinshaw , P , Ward , V & Bryant , L D 2021 , ' Mentoring as an intervention to promote gender equality in academic medicine : a systematic review ' , BMJ Open , vol. 11 , no. 1 , e040355 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040355en
dc.identifier.issn2044-6055
dc.identifier.otherJisc: 96da3557c9814d96b71f61c567ffed98
dc.identifier.otherpublisher-id: bmjopen-2020-040355
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-8684-0403/work/88731449
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/21401
dc.descriptionThis research was funded by the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds award/grant number is not applicable.en
dc.description.abstractBackground : Mentoring is frequently suggested as an intervention to address gender inequalities in the workplace.  Objectives : To systematically review evidence published since a definitive review in 2006 on the effectiveness of mentoring interventions aimed at achieving gender equality in academic medicine.  Design : Systematic Review, using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication as a template for data extraction and synthesis.  Sample : Studies were included if they described a specific mentoring intervention in a medical school or analogous academic healthcare organisation and included results from an evaluation of the intervention.  Eligibility criteria : Mentoring was defined as (1) a formally organised intervention entailing a supportive relationship between a mentor, defined as a more senior/experienced person and a mentee defined as a more junior/inexperienced person; (2) mentoring intervention involved academic career support (3) the mentoring relationship was outside line management or supervision of performance and was defined by contact over an extended period of time.  Outcomes : The impact of mentoring was usually reported at the level of individual participants, for example, satisfaction and well-being or self-reported career progression. We sought evidence of impact on gender equality via reports of organisation-level effectiveness, of promotion or retention, pay and academic performance of female staff.  Results : We identified 32 publications: 8 review articles, 20 primary observational studies and 4 randomised controlled trials. A further 19 discussed mentoring in relation to gender but did not meet our eligibility criteria. The terminology used, and the structures and processes reported as constituting mentoring, varied greatly. We identified that mentoring is popular with many who receive it; however, we found no robust evidence of effectiveness in reducing gender inequalities. Primary research used weak evaluation designs.  Conclusions : Mentoring is a complex intervention. Future evaluations should adopt standardised approaches used in applied health research to the design and evaluation of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.
dc.format.extent11
dc.format.extent397593
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBMJ Openen
dc.subjectH Social Sciencesen
dc.subjectR Medicineen
dc.subjectHD28 Management. Industrial Managementen
dc.subject3rd-DASen
dc.subjectSDG 5 - Gender Equalityen
dc.subject.lccHen
dc.subject.lccRen
dc.subject.lccHD28en
dc.titleMentoring as an intervention to promote gender equality in academic medicine : a systematic reviewen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Managementen
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040355
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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