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

Depart 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 Assoc. Deans of Faculty Development to solve mentoring problems and strategize

• One of Associate Deans responsible for overseeing implementation of mentoring in each department

Some Specifics of Mentoring Plans• All Faculty at Assistant and Associate Level Required

to Have a Mentor Regardless of Track

• Best if Faculty Find Their Own Mentors (Chairs and Champions Help). Can be External to Dept.

• Need Mentoring on Career Development and Content Mentoring (e.g. for Research, Clinical, Education)

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, Clinical

Identify gaps in knowledge and skills Identify 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 Development

Facilitate 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 Support

Discuss 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

Mentor (and Mentee)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 (and Mentee) Training Tools for Mentors & Mentees

Topic Speaker(s) Date Time LocationHaving Difficult Conversations Connie Best 4/9/14 12-1pm TBD

How to Develop an Academic Career as a Clinician-Educator

Ben ClyburnElisha Brownfield

2/4/14 12-1pm Library Room 405

Early Career Researchers - Benefits, Challenges & Lessons Learned

Heather BonhilaChris Gregory

DeAnna AdkinsAndy GoodwinMark Bowden

1/21/14 12-1pm Library Room 405

Insights from A New Mentoring Program in the Department of Medicine at MUSC

Gerard Silvestri 12/11/13 5-6pm Clinical Science Building, Room 628

Building Your Career as an Academic Educator in the Health Professions

Maralynne Mitcham

Ruth Patterson

11/06/13 12-1pm Library Room 405

NIH Peer Review Process Kathleen Brady Jacqueline McGinty

10/11/13 12-1pm Library Room 405

Don't Be a Tormentor: Tips for Mentoring

Students in the Lab

Ed KrugChris Pelic

9/24/13 12-1pm Library Room 116-118

Motivating Mentees & Team Building

Amy Blue 6/03/13 12-1pm Library Room 405