Mentor Training

The UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research has numerous mentoring resources. Please visit their website to learn more.

The CMP Program provides the following mentoring plan guidance:

Early Stage Mentors

Goal

To assist early stage trainers to create mentoring philosophies and mentoring contracts, along with helping them realize some of the other important aspects of mentoring (besides the fundamental research pieces). These include setting identifiable and attainable expectations, recognizing the importance of diversity and self-efficacy in their mentees, creating a comfortable, supportive and inclusive mentoring environment, identifying reasonable projects for graduate and undergraduate students, being an active listener, and avoiding implicit bias.

Formal training (ICTR + DELTA)

The Program requires early stage trainers to attend the day-long mentor training workshop offered by ICTR. We also strongly encourage early stage mentors to participate in the 5-10 weeks (10 hours of total training split over either 5 or 10 weeks) Faculty Mentoring Program offered by the Delta Program.

Informal training

The Program encourages early stage investigators to participate on graduate student thesis committees, which allows them to see how other students are mentored so they can begin to identify for themselves what the pros and cons are to different mentoring styles.

Early Stage Mentor review

The CMP Steering Committee reviews and approves a trainer’s mentoring plan at the time the trainer applies to the program as well as annually until sufficient formal/informal training has occurred.

Senior Mentors

Goal

To assist late stage trainers to maintain the highest standards in mentoring and provide an inclusive training environment that will provide operational, technical and professional skills that will empower student’s success. Mentoring goals should include setting identifiable and attainable expectations, recognizing the importance of diversity and self-efficacy in their mentees, creating a comfortable, supportive and inclusive mentoring environment, identifying reasonable projects for graduate and undergraduate students, being an active listener, and avoiding implicit bias.

Formal training (ICTR + DELTA)

The Program encourages late stage trainers at minimum to attend the day-long mentor training workshop offered by ICTR and to participate in the 5-10 week (10 hours of total training split over either 5 or 10 weeks) Faculty Mentoring Program offered by the Delta Program.

Late Stage Mentor review

The CMP Steering Committee yearly reviews CMP trainers. Review includes: evaluation of ICTR and DELTA mentoring program participation, program activity participation, including contribution to teaching, RCR education, and research program overview.