MICHR Mentoring Academy 2023
MICHR Mentoring Academy curriculum is based on the widely used Mentor Training for Clinical and Translational Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER).
Each 2-hour session is designed to develop and hone mentoring skills for mentors in clinical and translational research. Participants in the sessions will learn how to better coach and counsel other less-experienced mentors, as well as enhance their own interpersonal skills for mutually beneficial mentor-mentee interactions. Participants will also address challenges facing faculty mentors via case studies, group discussions, and role-plays.
Sessions are limited to 25 participants. **Each topic is unique, only choose one date for each topic**
Topics:
Aligning Expectations
Learning Objectives: Mentors will have the knowledge and skills to:
Effectively establish mutual expectations for the mentoring relationship- Clearly communicate expectations for the mentoring relationship
- Align mentee and mentor expectations
- Consider how personal and professional differences may influence expectations, including differences across disciplines when working in multidisciplinary teams
Addressing Equity and Inclusion
Learning Objectives: Mentors will have the knowledge and skills to:
Improve and expand understanding of equity and inclusion, and how diversity influences mentor-mentee interactions- Recognize the potential impact of conscious and unconscious assumptions, preconceptions, biases, and prejudices on the mentor-mentee relationship and reflect on how to manage them
- Identify concrete strategies for learning about, recognizing, and addressing issues of equity and inclusion in order to engage in conversations about diversity with mentees and foster a sense of belonging
Fostering Independence
Learning Objectives for Fostering Independence: Mentors will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Define independence, its core elements, and how those elements change over the course of a mentoring relationship
- Employ various strategies to build their mentee’s confidence, establish trust, and foster independence
- Identify the benefits and challenges of fostering independence, including the sometimes conflicting goals of fostering independence and achieving grant-funded research objectives
Promoting Professional Development:
Learning Objectives for Professional Development: Mentors will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Identify the roles mentors play in the overall professional development of their mentees
- Develop a strategy for guiding professional development using a written document
- Initiate and sustain periodic conversations with mentees on professional goals and career development objectives and strategies
- Engage in open dialogue on balancing the competing demands, needs, and interests of mentors and mentees, e.g., research productivity, grant funding, creativity and independence, career preference decisions, non-research activities, personal development, work-family balance, etc.
Maintaining Effective Communication
Learning Objectives: Mentors will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Provide constructive feedback
- Communicate effectively across diverse dimensions including various backgrounds, disciplines, ethnicities, positions of power, etc.
- Identify different communication styles
- Engage in active listening
- Use multiple strategies for improving communication (in person, at a distance, across multiple mentors, and within proper personal boundaries)
Full Schedule:
Fostering Independence - January 26, 12-2pm
Maintaining Effective Communication - February 13, 10am-12pm
Aligning Expectations - April 3, 10am-12pm
Addressing Equity and Inclusion - April 24, 9:30-11:30am
CANCELLED: Fostering Independence - May 18, 9-11am
CANCELLED: Promoting Professional Development - August 10, 10am-12pm
Additional sessions to come.
**Our aim is to provide an outstanding experience for all attendees. If you require reasonable accommodations in order to attend, please contact Christina Loar, cmloar@umich.edu at least 2 weeks prior to the event.
**If you are or may be ill we ask that you please do not attend. Please contact michr-edu@umich.edu and let us know that you will not be attending. Thank you!