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The research investigates how mentoring can support healthcare professionals, focusing on women's leadership advancement.

March 24, 2026Open Access

Mentoring to Support Healthcare Professional and Medical Career Progression and Leadership Development

Key Points

The research investigates how mentoring can support healthcare professionals, focusing on women's leadership advancement.
Summarizes existing mentoring literature in healthcare.
Analyzes various mentoring programs and their outcomes.
Proposes a new model for mentoring that addresses gender equity.
Mentoring significantly supports women's advancement in leadership roles.
Many existing mentoring programs have variable success.
A new integrated model is proposed to enhance the effectiveness of mentoring programs.

Abstract

ABSTRACT Mentoring programmes are increasingly used in the health sector to provide career support and guidance for health professionals. However, a number of mentoring experiences and programmes fall short of their potential, with variable outcomes reported. This article summarises the mentoring literature, which clearly demonstrates that mentoring is an important evidence‐informed component of advancing women in leadership. We provide a perspective on mentoring in the context of promoting gender equity within workplaces and propose a new nuanced and integrated model to consider for the advancement of women in leadership.

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Proimos et al. (Sun,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c2299aaeb5a845df0d4452 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70169

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