Faculty Mentorship
The Office of Faculty Professional Development and Engagement provides resources and support to departments/academic units and faculty for facilitating successful mentoring relationships for CUIMC faculty. These mentoring resources include practical guides, resources and toolkits that help facilitate and drive successful mentoring relationships. We also have a group of senior faculty who can provide guidance to faculty in one-on-one meetings. Below are some of the resources:
Mentoring Resources
In 2016, with help from faculty across the University, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion published the Guide to Best Practices in Faculty Mentoring, which provides guidance and suggestions to faculty and academic units for developing and implementing mentoring programs.
Faculty careers in academic medicine are dynamic and mentoring needs may change over time. To optimize mentorship opportunities, faculty may need to rely on a network of mentors, rather than a single mentor, to advance their goals. This worksheet provides strategies for developing a mentoring network and should be reviewed and updated regularly to ensure that the network is refreshed as needs change.
Resources:
- Guide to Best Practices in Faculty Mentoring (for academic units/departments, mentees and mentors)
- Developing Your Mentoring Network (for mentees)
- Writing SMARTER Goals (for mentees and mentors)
Mentor and Mentee Trainings
- PriME: Pathway to Mentorship Series
- Strategies for Mentees
- Strategies for Mentors
- from the Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning: Advancing Mentorship Practices
Mentorship from Faculty Groups
Career Guidance from the Academy of Clinical Excellence (ACE)
The Academy of Clinical Excellence (ACE) Career Guidance and Advisory Service is a resource for faculty and trainees at any level who have questions about their careers or life at Columbia. Interested in global health, need advice regarding clinical research, or having trouble negotiating a work-related interpersonal problem? ACE can offer problem-directed guidance and mentoring.
More information about the Academy of Clinical Excellence (ACE)
Mentorship from the Virginia Apgar Medical Educators
The Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators is an active community of educators at VP&S who have been recognized for their excellence as educators and for their contributions to the educational life of the medical community at VP&S.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Full-time VP&S faculty members are eligible for funding from the Office of Academic Affairs to attend the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) professional development seminars. Faculty must contact the VP&S Office of Academic Affairs prior to applying in order to take advantage of these opportunities. Opportunities are announced by email from the Office of Academic Affairs when available.
External Professional Development Sponsorship Opportunities
Early Career Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
The AAMC provides in-person faculty leadership development seminars for physicians and scientists who hold medical school appointments at the instructor or assistant professor level and are in the early stages of leadership positions within their discipline, department or institution. This seminar presents participants with a foundation for modeling leadership behavior and assists them with creating individual leadership goals.
The Office of Academic Affairs provides funds to partially cover the registration costs of full-time VP&S faculty members who attend this seminar. Faculty must contact the Office of Academic Affairs prior to applying to the seminar in order to take advantage of this opportunity.
Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
The AAMC provides in-person faculty development seminars for those at the associate professor level and those with leadership positions within their discipline, department or institution. This intensive and highly interactive seminars emphasize the skills needed to advance to senior roles within academic medicine, and provides time for participants to strategically reinvigorate and realign their career with their goals.
The Office of Academic Affairs provides funds to partially cover the registration costs of full-time VP&S faculty members who attend this seminar. Faculty must contact the Office of Academic Affairs prior to applying to the seminar in order to take advantage of this opportunity.
