Research Mentoring Workshop April 12, 2006

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Research Mentoring Workshop April 12, 2006

• Thomas Wan PhD
• Karen Dow PhD
• M. Patrick McNees PhD

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Introduction

• Research interest and trajectory
• Potential interdisciplinary collaborations
• Research and mentoring

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Overview of NIH Grants Process

• Thomas Wan PhD

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Mentoring Models

• M. Patrick McNees PhD

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Mentor Origin

• Homer
• The Odyssey
• Odysseus trusted Mentor more than anyone else in
  Ithaca.
• Mentor advises Telemachus, Odysseus' son

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Mentor Origin

• 1699
• Les Adventures de Telemaque
• Francois de Salignac de La Mothe-Fenelon
  (1651-1715)

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Traditional Mentoring

• An experienced and trusted advisor Oxford
  English Dictionary
• Mentoring might have been described as
• the activities conducted by a person (the
  mentor) for another person (the mentee) in order
  to help that other person to do a job more
  effectively and/or to progress in their career.

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Models of Mentorship

• Senior mentoring model
• Reciprocal or peer mentoring
• External mentoring
• Multidimensional mentoring model

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Senior Mentoring
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Reciprocal or Peer Mentoring
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External Mentoring
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Multidimensional Mentoring
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Strategies for successful mentor-mentee
relationship

• Karen Dow PhD

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Benefits of a Mentor

• Reciprocal, personal and interactive relationship
• Emotional and psychosocial support
• Coach, Facilitator, Counselor
• Networker, Friend, Colleague
• Provides access
• Providers credibility, insider knowledge

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Finding the Right Mentor

• Fit time and place doesnt have to be perfect
• Do you need a single mentor? Multiple mentors?
• Qualities and character to look for
• Encourages risk-taking
• Supports your endeavors
• Provides constructive feedback
• Promotes independence
• Models successful grant behaviors

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Perspectives The Mentee

• Moves your research program forward
• Improve your productivity
• Improve career satisfaction
• Your qualities
• Be respectful
• Be accountable

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Challenges in the Mentoring Relationship

• Managing differences of opinion
• Overcoming fears
• Learning to embrace critique

• Unreasonable demands
• Unreceptive to mentoring
• Power and generational conflict
• Personality clashes

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Individualizing your mentor-mentee relationship

• Lets discuss!