Effectiveness of a Faculty Mentor Development Program for Scholarship at an Academic Health Center.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mentors are in short supply at academic health centers (AHCs). The effectiveness of training mentors (without preselection for their research skills) to support faculty mentees in scholarly activities at AHCs is not well known.

Methods

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center has a two-component program to develop effective mentors for scholarship for faculty mentees. It has an online component supplemented by an optional face-to-face (F2F) component. Study outcomes included changes in self-reported knowledge scores for online users and Mentoring Competency Assessment scores for F2F users.

Results

One hundred five mentors, mostly women associate professors, used the online program. Online users demonstrated improvement in self-reported knowledg

SUBMITTER: Sood A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7335827 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Winter

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature