Current status and future strategies for mentoring women in neurology

The American Academy of Neurology's (AAN) 2017 Gender Disparity Report identified improving mentorship as a key intervention to fill the leadership and pay gaps for women in neurology. Here we summarize the literature on mentoring women, provide an outline of ideal components of programs geared toward closing gender gaps, and present a mentoring program for AAN members. The strategies discussed share similarities with those for closing gaps related to race, ethnicity and religion. Developing effective mentorship and sponsorship programs is essential to ensure a sufficiently diverse pool of academic faculty and private practitioners, and to establish equal representation in leadership roles in this field.

美国神经病学学会（American Academy of Neurology, AAN）2017年《性别差异报告》指出，优化导师制（mentorship）是填补神经病学领域女性在领导力岗位与薪酬待遇方面差距的核心干预举措。本文综述了针对女性群体的导师指导相关研究文献，梳理了旨在缩小性别差距的理想导师项目的核心构成框架，并推出了面向美国神经病学学会会员的专属导师计划。本次讨论的相关策略，与用于缩小种族、民族及宗教相关差距的策略具有共通性。构建高效的导师制与职业提携（sponsorship）项目，对于打造足够多元的学术师资队伍与私人执业从业者群体，以及实现该领域领导力岗位的平等代表权均至关重要。