Table 5.

Questions to consider when developing or revising a mentoring program

Is there an ideal way to pair mentors and mentees? Does the ratio of mentor/mentee matter? How does the institutional ‘hidden curriculum’, specific to faculty participation, influence mentoring relationships? Influence relationship with medical school administration? Influence perceived relationship with academic Appointments and Promotions committee? What variables are to be considered in recruitment of mentors? Do schools who provide FTEs for mentoring have an easier time recruiting and retaining mentors as might be expected? What is a suggested timeline for new mentoring programs to evolve within new schools to meeting ongoing demands? What is the relationship between the administrative structure of the mentoring program and its goals and objectives for students?