Research Mentor Training
Research Mentor Training
Research Mentoring Training
The Clinical and Translational Science Institutes (CTSI) presents up to three mentoring workshops a year to develop your competency as a mentor. The training is designed to help faculty who mentor early career researchers, whether junior faculty, postdoctoral trainees or graduate students to become more effective research and career mentors.
The two-session workshop uses a case-based, discussion-oriented curriculum designed by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research (CIMER). CIMER develops theoretically-grounded, evidence-based and culturally-responsive training materials. The training is designed to help faculty who mentor early career researchers, especially junior faculty, to become more effective research and career mentors. A randomized controlled trial of this mentoring curriculum demonstrated that this training improved the skills of mentors.
Topics include:
- Approaches to research mentoring
- Maintaining effective communications
- Assessing understanding
- Establishing expectations
- Promoting professional development
- Fostering independence
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Faculty-Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital - those who are actively mentoring early career biomedical researchers and who want to be mentors
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Jennifer Garvin, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Jennifer A. Muszynski, MD, MPH, FCCM, Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Lisa Christian, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health; Member Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
For additional information, contact Stuart Hobbs.
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The Mentorship Best Practices document was born out of a clear need for mentors and support for mentoring relationships throughout the Ohio State College of Medicine. A workgroup of faculty across the Ohio State health sciences colleges developed the Mentorship Best Practices (PDF) as a guide for both mentors and mentees to help ensure a successful relationship. The document contains information on defining a mentor, describing effective characteristics of a mentor, expectations for the mentee, mentorship support and the mentorship process.
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Effective mentoring is crucial to the success of graduate students in their scientific careers. And Mentees have an important part to play in successful mentoring. Mentoring is a skill that grows and develops. Assistant Director Sakima Smith will lead the Mentoring Better program designed to help mentors and trainees enhance their mentoring skills through a series of interactive seminars and skill building activities offered during the academic year. Topics will include:
- Mentorship and community engagement
- Effective mentorship
- Mentorship competencies
- Mentorship challenges
- Mentorship assessment tools