Mentorship Training

Are you a faculty mentor or would you like to be a mentor? 

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) 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  
•    Addressing diversity 
•    Promoting professional development
•    Fostering independence

Eligibility: Faculty-Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital - those who are actively mentoring early career biomedical researchers and who want to be mentors

Upcoming Mentoring Training Workshops

When: February 20 and 27, 2024, 10 a.m. - noon EST
Where: Zoom
 
When: April 30 and May 7, 2024, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. EST
Where: In-person at The Ohio State University CCTS, Prior Hall, Suite 260, 376 W. 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210

Register for the upcoming training

CIMER trained faculty:

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: Stuart.Hobbs@osumc.edu 

Mentorship Best Practices

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  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.