Mentoring Resources
Why
Mentor?
A mentor can be used to describe a
formal assigned relationship for counseling, teaching, and assisting a
junior colleague in attaining success. A mentor may be
self-selected and serve as a guide, a touchstone for professional and
personal success. Mentoring may be career advice or real teaching
in specific skills. Whatever it is, mentoring is the third most powerful personal
relationship for influencing human behavior if it is working.
A mentoring relationship is seen as an
essential step for achieving success in politics, business, and academia.
The literature show that most successful people in all areas of human
endeavor can point to an individual or mentor who played a critical role in
the development of their career. Studies of mentoring in the health
professions reveal benefits for all faculty at all levels of career
development. According to a University of Minnesota study, faculty
with mentors demonstrate higher levels of the following success factors:
●Teaching
Effectiveness
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Research Productivity
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Professional socialization and
interactions with colleagues
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Salary levels and satisfaction with
salary and promotion
Mentoring is largely the art of making the most of a
given situation....... Gordon
Shea
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The UAMS Women's Faculty Development Caucus
offers tips on building a
successful program:
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Use
what you have. Take inventory of
existing institutional resources and programs before beginning your a
mentoring program and link it to current programs, services, and resources.
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Communicate,
Communicate, Communicate with both mentors
and proteges once the program is established. Formal reports and informal
hallway conversations are vital in assessing and maintaining operational
relationships.
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Track
Results and Reward Success. Formal
evaluation reports can track progress and the success of the program.
Informal reports highlight opportunities and contribute to program growth.
Track and report the advancement and diversity of leadership positions.
Faculty mentoring awards raise the visibility and importance of mentoring
across the institution.
AAMC Spotlight article on the UAMS WFDC Mentoring
Program
More
information about the WFDC Mentoring History - Lessons Learned
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