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/faculty/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 SeriesTopic Speaker(s) Date/LocationResources Marc Chimowitz, Mary

Mauldin12/12/12 5-6pm

Grants & Contracts: Not Just NIH

Joann Sullivan 01/23/13 5-6pm

Understanding Economic & Fiscal Realities for Successful Academic Careers

Rita Ryan & Don Rockey 02/13/13 12-1pm

Stress Management & Work Life Balance

Gail Stuart 03/23/13 12-1pm

Addressing Collegial Relationships

Ray Greenberg April 2013 12-1pm

Conflict Resolution & Communication

Dan Smith May 2013 5-6pm

Motivating Mentees & Team Building

Amy Blue 06/03/13 12-1pm

Building a Career as an Educator

Maralynne Mitcham/Ruth Patterson

Fall 2013 12-1pm

Tips on Research Career Development and Promotion

Ed Krug 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 expectationsFrequency of meetingsListening skillsPrompt feedbackManage disagreements and conflictFoster trust

Key Mentoring Responsibilities

• Content Mentoring – Research, Education, ClinicalIdentify gaps in knowledge and skillsIdentify training opportunities Identify resourcesHelp formulate aims Help design and develop plan to accomplish aimsMonitor progressStep aside to allow independence

Key Mentoring Responsibilities

• Career and Professional DevelopmentFacilitate opportunities and connectionsPromote mentee in and out of institutionHelp understand promotion requirements and

fiscal realitiesHelp ensure sufficient protected timeHelp navigate the systemModel and instruct on ethical behavior

Key Mentoring Responsibilities

• Psychosocial SupportDiscuss work-life balanceEffective time managementDemonstrate leadership skillsBe sensitive to cultural diversityEncourage peer mentoring (often similar issues

for colleagues at same level of training)Serve as role model