BACKGROUND: Junior faculty members have difficulty in identifying mentors. Speed dating permits people to efficiently try out interpersonal relationships. AIM: Evaluate a "speed mentoring" event to help junior faculty answer questions and initiate mentoring relationships. METHODS: This single-group pre-post study involved junior (mentee) and senior (mentor) faculty members at an academic medical center. During the event, each mentee spent 10 min talking with each mentor in rotation. RESULTS: Seven mentees and six mentors participated. All participants felt that time was well spent (mentees, mean [SD] = 6.3 [0.8] on a seven-point Likert scale [7 = strongly agree]; mentors, 5.7 [1.4]). Topics discussed included mentoring relationships, getting started in research, and time management. CONCLUSIONS: Participants perceived benefits from this low-cost, brief intervention to facilitate mentoring relationships.
BACKGROUND: Junior faculty members have difficulty in identifying mentors. Speed dating permits people to efficiently try out interpersonal relationships. AIM: Evaluate a "speed mentoring" event to help junior faculty answer questions and initiate mentoring relationships. METHODS: This single-group pre-post study involved junior (mentee) and senior (mentor) faculty members at an academic medical center. During the event, each mentee spent 10 min talking with each mentor in rotation. RESULTS: Seven mentees and six mentors participated. All participants felt that time was well spent (mentees, mean [SD] = 6.3 [0.8] on a seven-point Likert scale [7 = strongly agree]; mentors, 5.7 [1.4]). Topics discussed included mentoring relationships, getting started in research, and time management. CONCLUSIONS:Participants perceived benefits from this low-cost, brief intervention to facilitate mentoring relationships.
Authors: Angela R Bazzi; Cristina Mogro-Wilson; Nalini Junko Negi; Jennifer M Reingle Gonzalez; Miguel Ángel Cano; Yessenia Castro; Alice Cepeda Journal: Mentor Tutoring Date: 2017-05-31
Authors: Jennifer Guse; Eva Schweigert; Gerhild Kulms; Ines Heinen; Claudia Martens; Andreas H Guse Journal: PLoS One Date: 2016-02-09 Impact factor: 3.240
Authors: Judy McKimm; Subha Ramani; Rashmi A Kusurkar; Alice Fornari; Vishna Devi Nadarajah; Harish Thampy; Helena P Filipe; Elizabeth K Kachur; Richard Hays Journal: Perspect Med Educ Date: 2020-10-13