Mentoring in the COM at MUSC Benefits of Effective Mentoring For Faculty and Institution • Mentee: Critical for Career Development, Career Satisfaction, and Professional Stimulation. If Well Mentored, Likely to Continue the Legacy of Mentoring • Mentor: Professionally Stimulating, Personally Satisfying, A Way of Giving Back • Department and Institution: Faculty Perception of Department and Institutional Support, Less Attrition of Faculty from Academia, More Successful Faculty Departmental Mentoring and Career Development– Best Practices and Guidelines • Departments Have Adapted Guidelines to Enhance Existing Plans or Develop a New One • Framework Includes Information on Promotion, Resources, How to Document Career Development, How to Choose Mentors, Mentee – Mentor Agreements, Mentoring Metrics Progress with Departmental Mentoring Plans • Each dept. has one in place • College of Medicine – http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/com/f aculty/dept_mentoring.htm Mentoring Champions • Each dept. has identified a Mentoring Champion to oversee implementation and progress of plan • Find out who this is in your dept. and meet • Quarterly Meetings of Mentoring Champions with Mentor Leadership Council and Assoc. Deans of Faculty Development to solve mentoring problems and strategize • One of Associate Deans responsible for overseeing implementation of mentoring in each department Mentor Training • CTSA Annual Symposiums to Train Mentors Across Campus and Provide a Forum for Mentors and Mentees to Discuss Ways to Improve Mentoring • Mentor Leadership Council (CTSA) and Apple Tree Society Hold Monthly Lunch and Learns on Mentor – Mentee Issues and Training Mentor-Mentee Training Series Topic Resources Grants & Contracts: Not Just NIH Understanding Economic & Fiscal Realities for Successful Academic Careers Stress Management & Work Life Balance Addressing Collegial Relationships Conflict Resolution & Communication Motivating Mentees & Team Building Building a Career as an Educator Tips on Research Career Development and Promotion Speaker(s) Marc Chimowitz, Mary Mauldin Joann Sullivan Date/Location 12/12/12 5-6pm Rita Ryan & Don Rockey 02/13/13 12-1pm Gail Stuart 03/23/13 12-1pm Ray Greenberg April 2013 12-1pm Dan Smith May 2013 5-6pm Amy Blue 06/03/13 12-1pm Maralynne Mitcham/Ruth Patterson Ed Krug Fall 2013 12-1pm 01/23/13 5-6pm Fall 2013 5-6pm Mentoring in Academics Origin of “Mentor” • Homer’s Odyssey • Odysseus placed his old friend Mentor in charge of his son Telemachus when he left for the Trojan war • “one who imparts wisdom to and shares knowledge with someone less experienced” Contemporary Definition of Mentoring in Academic Setting • A dynamic, collaborative, reciprocal and sustained relationship focused on a junior colleague’s acquisition of the values and attitudes, knowledge and skills, and behaviors necessary to develop into a successful independent faculty member Adapted from Abedin Z…,Feldman M, … et al. Clin Transl Sci. 2012; 5: 273-280 Key Mentoring Responsibilities • Communication • Content Mentoring – Research, Education, Clinical • Career and Professional Development • Psychosocial Support Key Mentoring Responsibilities • Communication Establish expectations Frequency of meetings Listening skills Prompt feedback Manage disagreements and conflict Foster trust Key Mentoring Responsibilities • Content Mentoring – Research, Education, Clinical Identify gaps in knowledge and skills Identify training opportunities Identify resources Help formulate aims Help design and develop plan to accomplish aims Monitor progress Step aside to allow independence Key Mentoring Responsibilities • Career and Professional Development Facilitate opportunities and connections Promote mentee in and out of institution Help understand promotion requirements and fiscal realities Help ensure sufficient protected time Help navigate the system Model and instruct on ethical behavior Key Mentoring Responsibilities • Psychosocial Support Discuss work-life balance Effective time management Demonstrate leadership skills Be sensitive to cultural diversity Encourage peer mentoring (often similar issues for colleagues at same level of training) Serve as role model