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 – 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 TopicSpeaker(s)Date/Location Resources Marc Chimowitz, Mary Mauldin 12/12/12 5-6pm Grants & Contracts: Not Just NIH Joann Sullivan01/23/13 5-6pm Understanding Economic & Fiscal Realities for Successful Academic Careers Rita Ryan & Don Rockey02/13/ pm Stress Management & Work Life Balance Gail Stuart03/23/ pm Addressing Collegial Relationships Ray GreenbergApril pm Conflict Resolution & Communication Dan SmithMay pm Motivating Mentees & Team Building Amy Blue06/03/ pm Building a Career as an Educator Maralynne Mitcham/Ruth Patterson Fall pm Tips on Research Career Development and Promotion Ed KrugFall pm

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:

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