MENTORSHIP PANEL
Charles R. Thomas, Jr., MD
Oregon Health & Science
University
Portland, OR
Disclosures
None
Objectives
• To summarize mentorship tools for a
small to mid-size academic radiation
oncology program.
• To summarize mentor responsibilities.
• To provide framework for department
chairs to mentor under-represented
minority medical students in order to
address the pipeline shortage in
radiation oncology.
“Unpacking” Mentoring
Career Functions
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•
Psychosocial
Functions
Coaching/Feedback • Role Modeling
•
Counseling/Listening
Sponsorship
Exposure/Visibility • Acceptance/Confirm
ation
Challenge
• Friendship
Kathy Kram, Mentoring at Work, 1988
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Kristen O'Donnell, BS
Radiation Oncology, Oregon Health & Science
University
Portland, OR
2008 RSNA Research Medical Student Grant
Assessment of Post-Prostatectomy Clinical Target
Variation and Critical Structure Dosing During
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
Faisal A. Siddiqui, PhD
Radiation Oncology, Oregon Health & Science
University
Portland, OR
2008 RSNA Research Medical Student Grant
Prostate Cancer Screening and Staging by DynamicContrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(DCE-MRI)Pharmacokinetics
JR. FACULTY/RESIDENT CAREER
CHALLENGES THAT CHAIR MUST
PROACTIVELY ENGAGE
• SERVICE EFFORT IMBALANCE
• DIFFUSION AND CONFUSION
• PROVIDE DUAL MENTORSHIP
STRATEGIES
– i.e. Intramural + Extramural mentors
– i.e. Clinical + Non-clinical mentors
– i.e. Sr. faculty + Another Jr/mid-career
mentor
JR. FACULTY/RESIDENT CAREER
CHALLENGES THAT CHAIR MUST
PROACTIVELY ENGAGE
• EXPLOITATION BY OTHER FACULTY
• LACK OF DISCIPLINE & PRESERANCE
The Changing Three-Legged
Stool in Academic Medicine
Research
+
Teaching
“The Triple Threat”
Faculty Member
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→→→→→
+ Service
“The Triple
Threat”
Department
APPRECIATION OF
GENERATIONAL CULTURE
DIFFERENCES BY THE MENTEE
AND THE MENTOR
• GENERATION X (born 1963-1981)
– WORK HARD IF BALANCE IN LIFE IS ALLOWED
– EXPECT MULTIPLE FACULTY SEARCHES
– ‘PAYING DUES’ DOES NOT EQUAL LONGEVITY
AT A JOB
– SELF-SACRIFICE TO BE ENDURED
OCCASSIONALLY
– QUESTION AUTHORITY & TRADITIONAL
MODELS
APPRECIATION OF
GENERATIONAL CULTURE
DIFFERENCES BY THE MENTEE
AND THE MENTOR
• BABY BOOMERS (born 1945-1962)
– WORK HARD OUT OF LOYALTY, SOMETIMES
GUILT
– EXPECT LONGER TERM COMMITMENT FROM
INSTITUTION
– ‘PAYING DUES’ SHOULD BREED LOYALTY
FROM THE HEIRARCHY
– SELF-SACRIFICE IS A VALUED VIRTUE
– AUTHORITY (CHRONOLOGICAL AGE) IS
RESPECTED
DOCUMENT
TEACHING
ACTIVITIES
REGULARLY
Sample Portfolio Statement
Summary of Educational Activity and Effectiveness (2002-03)
Category of
Activity
Clinical
Teaching
Lectures
Type of
Type of
Learner
Activity
Renal fellows
Renal Clinic
Residents
GM Ward
Medical students PCM
Renal fellows
Residents
Medical students
Physicians
Didactics
Noon Conf
Renal MSII
CME Lectures
# Dir
Hrs/Yr
80
240
120
6
3
12
8
Evidence of
Effectiveness
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
The Real-Time Teaching Portfolio
06-26-04 Teaching Portfolio
Academic Year, 2003-2004
Activity
Title
Learners
Clinical
Fell/res
Teaching Res/MS
Fell/res/MS
Lectures
Type of Activity
Renal Clinic
GM Wards
Consult Service
Date
Evid Effect Subtotal
All Year
8/29-9/8
6/30-7/15
10/1-10/15
12/1-12/15
2/2-2/16
4/1-4/15
132
84
92
92
92
92
92
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1
1
1
1.5
1.5
No
No
No
No
No
Renal FellowsDidactics
Chronic kidney disease
Diabetic nephropathy
The aging kidney
Glom HD I
Glom HD II
7/16/03
11/4/2003
3/30/04
5/18/04
5/25/04
Res/MS
Hyperkalemia
Chronic kidney disease
7/17/03
8/20/03
Didactics
Hrs
1 No
1 No
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CHANGE OF
CAREER FOCUS
MAY BE
WARRANTED
SOME TEMPLATES FOR
CHAIRS TO INCREASE
UNDER-REPRESENTED
MINORITY
POPULATIONS INTO
OUR SPECIALTY
Mentoring Across Difference
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Gender
Race
Ethnicity
Age
National origin
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• Education
• Expertise
• Sexual
orientation
• Social class
Mentoring Across Difference
• Awareness and curiosity
• Discussibility of differences
• Putting yourself in the other
person’s shoes
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VISITING FACULTY PRESENTATION
“ Sex, Pregnancy, & A Great Pair of Genes: Critical Mediators In the
Development & Progression of CNS Autoimmune Injury”
Department of Radiation Medicine
Presents:
Education :
08/00-Present The Ohio State University College of
Medicine; Columbus, Ohio.
Degrees in progress: MD/PhD (Medical
Scientist/Integrated Biomedical Scientist Programs)
Research: Immunomodulatory factors that provide
protection during initiation and progressive phases of
multiple sclerosis.
Research:
"Genetic Basis for Immunosupression During Pregnancy and
Autoimmune Disease"& "Distinct Role for Phosphoinositol3 Kinase * (PI3K *) in the Development and Progression of
Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE)"
Awards:
2006-07 Minority Access to Res. Careers [MARC] Travel
Award
NIH/NRSA Integrative Immunobiol. Predoct. Trainee
Fellowship
Ohio State Univ. Graduate Poster 1st Place
Edward Hayes Research Forum 2nd Place
Autumn Immunol. Conf. John Wallace Travel Award
2002 NIH/NHLBI Res. Fellowship
2001 Dept. of Surgery Medical Res. Development Fund
Na Tosha Gatson, PhD.
The Ohio State University College of
Medicine; Columbus, Ohio
Monday, August 27th, 2007
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
KPV 4th floor conf room 4153
- Public Welcome For additional information, call 503-494-1998
www.ohsu.edu/radonc
VISITING FACULTY PRESENTATION
"Regulation of Early Wave of Germ Cell Apoptosis & Spermatogenesis by
Deubiquitnating Enzyme Cyld"
Department of Radiation Medicine
Presents:
Education:
08/02- Present: Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA M.D. /PhD.
Candidate, Medical Scientist Training Program
9/07-6/08, Predoctoral Fellow, MD Anderson Cancer Center
05/98-05/02 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA B.S Biology
Leadership Experience:
08/03-07/04 Student National Medical Association Chapter President
Academic Awards & Honors:
11/07 NFB Keystone Symposia Minority Scholarship
08/05- Present Ruth L. Kirschstein Research Fellowship (F31)
03/05 Minority Trainee Research Forum Acres of
Diamond Award for National Abstract Completion and
Distinction in Oral and Poster Session
08/02-05/03 Pennsylvania State University BuntonWalter Graduate Scholarship Award
08/01-05/02 National Science Foundation (NSF)
Research Grant
08/98-05/02 Pennsylvania State University BuntonWaller Undergraduate Scholarship Award
08/00-05/02 United Negro College Fund (UNCF)Merck Undergraduate Scholar
05/98-07/98 Howard Hughes Undergraduate Scholar
Publications:
Wright, A., O. Szot J., Fedoroff N., Optimization and Characterization of Printing
Conditions for cDNA Microarray Printing Conditions. CIC-SROP Journal. 8/01/2000
Jin W, Reiley W.R., Lee A.J., Wright A. Wu X. Zhang M. and Sun S. C. (2007)
Deubiquitinating Enzyme CYLD Regulates the Peripheral Development and Naive
Phenotype Maintenance of B Cells. J. Biol. Chem. 282:15884-15896.
Reiley W. R., Jin W., Lee J., Wright A., Wu X., Tewalt E.F., Leonard T.O., Norbury C.C.,
Fitpatrick L., Zhang M., and Sun S-C., (2007) Deubiquitinating Enzyme CYLD
Regulates the Ubiquitin-Dependant Kinase Tak1 and Prevents Abnormal T-Cell
Response. J. Exp. Med. 204 1475-1485.
Wright A., Reiley W.R., Chang M., Jin W., Lee A.J., Zhang M., and Sun S-C, (2007)
Regulation of Early Wave of Germ Cell Apoptosis and Spermatogenesis by
Deubiquitinating Enzyme CYLD. Developmental Cell. 13(3):705-16
Ato Wright
Penn State College
of Medicine, Hershey, PA
Medical Scientist Training Program
M.D., PhD Candidate
Monday February 25th, 2008
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
KPV 4th floor conf room 4153
- Public Welcome For additional information, call 503-346-0299 www.ohsu.edu/radonc
Peer Mentoring Best Practices
• Collaborative Mentoring Groups
– Academic Development Plans
– Academic Writing Skills
– Communication and Negotiation Skills
• Mentoring Skills Workshops
– Communication and Coaching Skills
– Addressing Mentoring Dilemmas
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Best Practices for Mentors
• Communicate explicitly what
works for you and why
• Encourage mentee to develop a
repertoire of role models
• Provide emotional and practical
support to mentee in difficult
moments
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Best Practices for Mentees
• Build your own personal “coaching
staff”
• Cultivate awareness of what you have to
give back in a mentoring relationship
• Be a mentor to others
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“Ecologists tell us that a tree planted in a clearing
of an old forest will grow more successfully than
one planted in an open field. The reason, it
seems, is that the roots of the forest tree are
able to follow the intricate pathways created by
former trees and thus imbed themselves more
deeply. Indeed, over time, the roots of many
trees actually graft themselves to one another,
creating an interdependent mat of life hidden
beneath the earth. This literally enables stronger
trees to share resources with the weaker so that
the whole forest becomes healthier. Similarly,
human beings thrive best when we grow in the
presence of those who have gone before.
Parks Daloz (2000)
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