Clinical and TranslationalScience Institute / CTSIat the University of California, San Francisco

CTSI Mentor Development ProgramJeanette S. Brown, MD

Director, UCSF CTSI Comprehensive Mentoring Program

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Training More C & T mentors at UCSF & Across the US!!!

Co Director: Mitch Feldman

Assistant Directors: Joe Guglielmo, Kathy Lee, Stuart Gansky, Laurence Huang, Mandana

Khalili, & Kristine Yaffe

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Mentoring Background

“A model”

• Critical component of career development & success

• Outstanding mentors: insures pipeline

• Success of Academic enterprise: robust mentors

• Dedicated, skilled mentors: need training

• Few training programs

• UCSF CTSI Mentor Development Program (MDP)

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UCSF MDP Overview

• Joint program: UCSF Faculty Mentoring (MF)

• Assistant Directors from each school

• 10 case-based seminars, 2 per half day; Jan to May

• Creative & innovative networking

• Toolbox of strategies

• Discussions & collective experiences

Building a community of mentoring excellence

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CTSI Mentor Development Program

• Training the next generation of research mentors: 2007-2011

Mid-career & early senior researchers

Integrated environment

• Annual MDP Graduate Retreats

• 2 publications (CTS 2009, Academic Medicine 2010; # 3 just submitted)

• Across the US & Beyond: UC Davis, Stanford, U of Utah, NYU, Columbia U, Medical U of South Carolina, MD Anderson, U of Michigan, Society of General Internal Medicine, ACTR/SCTS, University of Kyoto Japan

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2007-2011 MDP Data

• Thus far: 60 MIT’s graduated

• Female 58% : Male 42%

• Primary Research:

Clinical 83%; Basic 17%

• Rank: Asst Prof 13%; Assoc Prof 70%; Prof 17%

• Research Time: < 25% = 10%; 25-74 = 43%; ≥ 75% = 47%

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2007-2011 MDP Demographics

White 73%

Asian 17%

Multi 5%

Other 3%

Black 2%

SOM 80%

SON 8%

SOD 7%

SOP 3%

Grad Div 2%

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Early Mentoring Program• Inappropriate for junior research faculty to be a lead or co-

mentor

Need to focus on their own career development

Don’t have the expertise or resources needed

Don’t have the mentoring experience needed

• But, have superb expertise and resources for a defined research project

Methodologic skills

Clinical expertise

Time

Enthusiasm

• Move on to lead/co-mentor as they gain experience

• Growing the pipeline

Scientific Leadership & Management SkillsScientific Leadership & Management Skills

• Thank you Judy Moskowitz (MDP Grad 2010)

• 6th year, adapted for C & T researchers

• Ed O’Neil primary speaker

• Nov 17, Dec 8

• 123 participants

• 40 (33%) C & T Researchers

• Rated highly

• Thank you Judy Moskowitz (MDP Grad 2010)

• 6th year, adapted for C & T researchers

• Ed O’Neil primary speaker

• Nov 17, Dec 8

• 123 participants

• 40 (33%) C & T Researchers

• Rated highly12

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Yes, we can:Yes, we can:

Lift the fog!Lift the fog!

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Thank You!Thank You!

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