Transforming mentorship in STEM by training scientists to be better leaders.

ABSTRACT: Effective mentoring is a key component of academic and career success that contributes to overall measures of productivity. Mentoring relationships also play an important role in mental health and in recruiting and retaining students from groups underrepresented in STEM fields. Despite these clear and measurable benefits, faculty generally do not receive mentorship training, and feedback mechanisms and assessment to improve mentoring in academia are limited. Ineffective mentoring can negatively impact students, faculty, departments, and institutions via decreased productivity, increased stress, and the loss of valuable research products and talented personnel. Thus, there are clear incentives to invest in and implement formal training to improve mentorship in STEM fields. Here, we outline

SUBMITTER: Hund AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206201 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature