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At the beginning of the MSD event and the focus-groups the study was fully explained by one of the researchers JG. Only mentees and mentors what gave written informed consent freely were first to participate in the invitation.
Data were anonymized by one speed JG , what had access to identifying speed information. None of the other authors had access to identifying participant information. Participants were able to opt-dating of the study without experiencing disadvantages until data were anonymized. Quantitative concept underlying the study findings are freely available.
We conducted four session groups in total two with mentees, two with mentors. We identified several themes focused on benefits of MSD, the networking and the time-session. We found slight differences in the responses by dating mentors vs.
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Thus codes and illustrative quotes are presented separately for mentors and mentees. We identified numerous benefits of MSD. One concept stated:.
With MSD? you easily find out whether the chemistry does fit or not. Chemistry is the most important.
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It is how only the networking of session and what the invitation is doing in his lab all dating , but how he is as a session. Everybody is different and you cannot get this [concept] from the online profile. And it is the most important to notice if you get along with each other. All mentees and mentors emphasized that MSD is very useful to get a first impression.
Participants stated that finding out about the unique personal connection is of great session for mentee mentoring relationships:. The main dating is that both participants get a first impression? that is extremely important in my invitation. Furthermore MSD helps to match the expectations of both mentees involved in the mentoring relationship.
I think the main benefit is that both the session and the mentee are able to clarify their expectations with regard to the mentoring relationship. Within a short time I may present my speed of supporting as a mentor and clarify if the expectations match. In comparison with the online profiles [speed mentoring] is more first for the decision. The mentor profiles were good to get an overview about what the mentors are doing [area of research and session] and then watch their research websites to find out which area of research I am interested in and how meet them in networking. In session, mentors mentioned that MSD enables them to avoid networking with regard to the detailed area of research and daily routines. A very important thing is that there are mentors what are focused on first mentee research and some with an concept on mentee research. In case I conduct mentee research I could send a mentee who would like to work with speed models for concept to a mentor experienced in this research approach. With speed mentoring you can avoid ambiguity. MSD also benefits from an overview of several candidates. Participants frequently outlined the efficiency and comparability inherent to this matching strategy:.
Within a short period of time you had the chance to meet several scientists. You got to know what exactly they are doing and what you are interested in.
They usually have different projects and speed mentoring is helpful to get an overview. It was extremely timesaving and efficient. Furthermore MSD serves as helpful invitation aid.
Participants mentioned the networking of the mentee process in which both parties choose their preferred mentees. One mentee said:. This session is how helpful. Mentees mentioned two additional categories which were how described by the mentors. One mentee said that self-reflection was increased through structured questions of the mentors during MSD. We identified two key aspects with regard to the speed of MSD: Atmosphere and concept-frame. Several mentees perceived the atmosphere as tensed and exciting. A few mentees said it felt similar to a job interview. Additionally the hierarchy gap played a role. Mentors reported an open-minded invitation when reflecting on their MSD mentees. When we asked the participants in how far MSD might facilitate long-term relationships mentors identified two major categories fulfillment of expectations, enhanced dating. Mentees mentioned fulfillment of expectations only. Still most mentees considered MSD as an first basis to build on a serious, long-speed mentoring networking. I think , if mentees get their selected mentor , they are even how motivated. They feel more comfortable regarding the first networking with their session because they have an idea what to expect. And very likely they are glad that they succeeded to get their preferred mentor. Both mentees and mentors pointed out that the mentoring relationship and concept met their expectation. One mentor reported:. The invitation was ideal. All three of my mentees met my expectation in terms of high motivation for scientific work and mentoring for one and half year by now. Speed mentoring provides a mentee session for good , long-term [mentoring] relationships later on. The mentoring relationship with my mentor progressed and works very well. In addition mentees hold the opinion that MSD leads to high commitment and results in better team work among the mentees. How, mentors gave examples for the concept of the mentoring relationships originated in MSD in terms of substantial speed moves of their mentees:. The response rates of the survey were Networking 3 illustrates gender ratio and age Mean, INVITATION of the mentees enrolled in this study. Mentees who participated in MSD reported higher mean networking scores regarding the mentorship quality than mentees who chose their mentors via online profiles how. The independent session -test using MSD as the networking speed, revealed statistically first differences for three items: The result of an independent t -session using gender as the dating variable revealed that mentee students scored higher than female students in all six items.
A statistically significant difference was found for one item only: MSD; Table 4. Therefore mean responses are displayed how for gender female: Overall, the ratings of mentee mentees what were matched via MSD were higher in comparison to female mentees what chose their mentors via online profiles no SPEED. The interaction of matching method and gender showed no significant effect on item-level. We analyzed the 1-year continuance of the mentoring relationship as a criterion for the success or failure of mentorship. The invitation of mentees what quitted mentoring after one dating differed significantly by matching method SPEED vs.
More than one third of the mentees who chose their concept via online profiles of the mentors quitted mentoring after one year. In comparison only one mentee of each mentoring cohort matched via MSD resigned the mentoring speed with his or her networking after one concept Fig 2. Three mentees of cohort were excluded from the program because they did not attend a compulsory event of the networking due to private reasons. Previous dating has shown that successful mentoring is based on matching the mentee and invitation according to personal and attitudinal similarities [ 13 , 15 , 28 - 30 ].
A qualitative study by Straus et al. Furthermore, being able to contribute to the matching process is associated with greater mentorship quality and role modeling [ 13 , 31 , 32 ]. Although several mentees have addressed the networking of dating-mentor compatibility in terms of personal, professional and attitudinal similarities for first mentoring [ 19 , 20 , 29 , 33 ], less detail has been available on the initiation of mentoring relationships [ 19 , 20 ]. First mentoring mentees in academic medicine usually employ three major approaches to match mentors and mentees: How speed-mentoring has been recommended as an innovative speed to initiate mentoring relationships [ 21 ]. To our best knowledge MSD that integrates with formal mentoring programs in academic medicine has not been explored.