About Entering Mentoring

Entering Mentoring:

Entering Mentoring is a mentor training curriculum designed to help research mentors across career stages develop skills to engage in productive, culturally responsive research mentoring relationships. Through activities, case studies, and discussion, mentors are introduced to important topics and concepts organized around 6 key areas:

1. Aligning Expectations

2. Maintaining Effective Communication

3. Fostering Independence

4. Addressing Equity & Inclusion

5. Assessing Understanding

6. Promoting Professional Development

Entering Mentoring Adaptations:

The Entering Mentoring series includes the following curricula:

1. Mentor Training for STEMM Researchers: for the mentors of undergrad students

2. Mentor Training for Clinical & Translational Researchers: for the mentors of grad students, postdocs, and junior faculty across the full spectrum of translational science

3. Mentor Training for Biomedical Researchers: for the mentors of grad students and postdocs engaged in basic biomedical research in a lab setting

4. Mentor Training for Clinical & Behavioral Researchers: for the mentors of both clinical and behavioral researchers working with human subjects, whether it be at the individual, group, or societal level

5. Mentor Training for Community Engaged Researchers: for the mentors of graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty who do community engaged research within translational science

6. Mentor Training for Social Science Researchers: for the mentors of graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty