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Beginning January 2025, training program applications must include plans for ensuring all program faculty complete mentor training. See updates to NIH Institutional Training Grant Applications outlining expectations for mentor training.
Vanderbilt has 39 T32s.
[16 VUMC & 23 VU]
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- Mentoring training
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ON-LINE TRAINING
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| Organization | Course | Target Audience | Cost | Time | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Research Mentoring Network [NRMN] | Mentoring Graduate Students, Postdocs, & Early Career Faculty | Mentors with graduate students, postdoc & early career faculty mentees | Free | 2-4 hours | Asynchronous |
| National Research Mentoring Network [NRMN] | Mentoring Undergraduate Students | Mentors with undergrad mentees | Free | 2-4 hours | Asynchronous |
| University of Minnesota | Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring 101 | Mentors of graduate students, fellows & early career faculty | Free | 2 hours | Asynchronous |
| University of Minnesota | Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring 102 | Mentors with undergrad mentees | Free | 2 hours | Asynchronous |
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Mentoring References
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Ramanan RA, Taylor WC, Davis RB and Phillips RS. Mentoring matters. Mentoring and career preparation in internal medicine residency training. J Gen Intern Med. 2006;21:340-5. doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00346_1.x
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Pololi LH, Knight SM, Dennis K and Frankel RM. Helping medical school faculty realize their dreams: An innovative, collaborative mentoring program. Academic Medicine. 2002;77:377-384. doi.org/10.1097/00001888-200205000-00005
Johnston-Anumonwo I. Mentoring across difference: success and struggle in an academic geography career. Gender Place Cult. 2019;26:1683-1700. doi.org/10.1080/0966369x.2019.1681369
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Bickel J. When “You’re Not the Boss of Me”: Mentoring across Generational Differences. Educ Compet Glob Wor. 2009:143-152.
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Manuel SP and Poorsattar SP. Mentoring up: Twelve tips for successfully employing a mentee-driven approach to mentoring relationships. Medical teacher. 2020:1-4. doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2020.1795098
Koenig AM. Mentoring: Are we living up to our professional role as an educational leader? Nurse Educ Today. 2019;79:54-55. doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.04.007
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Maruta T, Rotz P and Peter T. Setting up a structured laboratory mentoring programme. Afr J Lab Med. 2013;2:77. doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v2i1.77
Mentoring–a security blanket or a cover-up? J Cell Sci. 1999;112 ( Pt 20):3413-4.
Cho CS, Ramanan RA and Feldman MD. Defining the ideal qualities of mentorship: a qualitative analysis of the characteristics of outstanding mentors. The American journal of medicine. 2011;124:453-8. doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.12.007
Carey EC and Weissman DE. Understanding and finding mentorship: a review for junior faculty. Journal of palliative medicine. 2010;13:1373-9. doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2010.0091
Feldman AM. The National Institutes of Health Physician-Scientist Workforce Working Group report: a roadmap for preserving the physician-scientist. Clinical and translational science. 2014;7:289-90. doi.org/10.1111/cts.12209
Bhagia J, Tinsley JA. The mentoring partnership. Mayo Clin Proc. 2000 May;75:535-7. doi.org/10.4065/75.5.535
Carey EC, Weissman DE. Understanding and finding mentorship: a review for junior faculty. J Palliat Med 2010 Nov;13:1373-9. doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2010.0091
Flores G, Mendoza FS, DeBaun MR, Fuentes-Afflick E, Jones VF, Mendoza JA, Raphael JL, Wang CJ. Keys to academic success for under-represented minority young investigators: recommendations from the Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity (RAPID) National Advisory Committee. Int J Equity Health. 2019 Jun;18;18(1):93. doi.org/10.1186/s12939-019-0995-1
Geraci SA, Thigpen SC. A review of mentoring in academic medicine. Am J Med Sci. 2017 Feb;353(2):151-7. doi.org/10.1016/j.amjms.2016.12.002
Sambunjak D, Straus SE, Marusic A. A systematic review of qualitative research on the meaning and characteristics of mentoring in academic medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Jan;25(1):72-8. doi.org/10.1007/s11606-009-1165-8
Philip-Jones, L. 75 Things to Do with Your Mentee: Practical and Effective Development Ideas You Can Try. The New Mentors and Proteges. 2003. my.lerner.udel.edu/wp-content/uploads/75-Things-To-Do-With-Your-Mentees.pdf
