Sistema de Salut de Catalunya
Elez Fernandez, Mª Elena
Quintanar, T.
Bosch-Barrera, J
Corral, J.
Lainez, N.
Moreno, Victor
Institut Català de la Salut
[Elez Fernandez E] Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain. [Quintanar T] Medical Oncology Department, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Spain. [Bosch Barrera J] Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitari Dr. Josep Trueta, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Girona, Spain. [Corral J] Medical Oncology Department, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain. [Lainez N] Medical Oncology Department, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. [Moreno V] Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus
2021-03-11T14:36:46Z
2021-03-11T14:36:46Z
2018-07-30
2019-03-08
Oncologia mèdica; Mentor resident; Càrrega de treball
Oncología médica; Mentor residente; Carga de trabajo
Medical oncology; Resident mentor; Workload
Purpose: The Spanish Society for Medical Oncology (SEOM, for its acronym in Spanish) and the National Commission for the Specialty of Medical Oncology seek to highlight the important workload and unrecognized dedication entailed in working as a Medical Oncology (MO) resident mentor, as well as its relevance for the quality of teaching units and the future of the specialty. Materials and methods: The current situation and opinion regarding the activity of MO resident mentors was analyzed by reviewing the standing national and autonomic community regulations and via an online survey targeting mentors, residents, and physicians who are not MO mentors. The project was supervised by a specially designated group that agreed on a proposal containing recommendations for improvement. Results: Of the MO mentors, 90% stated that they did not have enough time to perform their mentoring duties. An estimated 172 h/year on average was dedicated to mentoring, which represents 10.1% of the total time. MO mentors dedicate an average of 6.9 h/month to these duties outside their workday. Forty-five percent of the mentors feel that their role is scantly recognized, if at all. Conclusions: The study reveals the substantial dedication and growing complexity of MO resident mentoring. A series of recommendations are issued to improve the conditions in which it is carried out, including the design of systems that adapt to the professional activity in those departments that have time set aside for mentoring tasks.
This study was funded as an unrestricted grant by Servier. Servier did not have any intervention in the discussion and outcomes of this report.
English
Mentoria en l'empresa; Productivitat laboral; Oncologia; DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS::Health Occupations::Medicine::Internal Medicine::Medical Oncology; NAMED GROUPS::Persons::Mentors; Other subheadings::Other subheadings::/statistics & numerical data; HEALTH CARE::Health Services Administration::Organization and Administration::Personnel Management::Personnel Staffing and Scheduling::Workload; DISCIPLINAS Y OCUPACIONES::profesiones sanitarias::medicina::medicina interna::oncología médica; DENOMINACIONES DE GRUPOS::personas::mentores; Otros calificadores::Otros calificadores::/estadística & datos numéricos; ATENCIÓN DE SALUD::administración de los servicios de salud::organización y administración::gestión de personal::admisión y programación del personal::carga de trabajo
Springer
Clinical and Translational Oncology;21(3)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12094-018-1923-3
Attribution 4.0 International
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
