Mentor Development Resources
“Your mentors will enlarge your dreams and nurture your passions. They will guide you: to innovate; to push the envelope; to not be bound by tradition, when tradition is an obstacle; to make discoveries, once thought impossible, that will change the face of medicine. To learn the art and science of becoming a truly great physician or scientist; to commit to addressing the needs of those who most need our care in our local community and around the world.” –Dean of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Dennis S. Charney, MD
Are you currently a mentor or looking to become a mentor? This section outlines a range of resources, both within Mount Sinai and externally, that you may find valuable to your ongoing development in this area.
Resources for becoming a better mentor
Mount Sinai Resources
External Training Resources
- My IDP website
- Compact Between Biomedical Graduate Students and Their Research Advisors
- Compact Between Postdoctoral Appointees and Their Mentors
- Entering Mentoring A Seminar to Train a New Generation of Scientists
- University of Minnesota: Optimizing the practice of mentoring: an online curriculum for the professional development of research mentors
- University of Wisconsin-Madison: Mentor training for clinical and translational researchers
- Mentoring Millennials
Rational and evidence for mentor training