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Outcomesa
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Scholar needs and expectations versus degree to which team mentoring helped them achieve those Opportunities for networking Opportunities to attend and/or present at conferences related to the mentee’s field Time to translate research into practice Career development (e.g., scholar’s satisfaction, work/life balance, etc.) Number of submitted and published manuscripts Number of grants submitted, awarded Number of manuscripts developed with the scholar’s mentorship team (as opposed to only one mentor)
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Processa
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Frequency of team mentoring meetings Benefits of team mentoring Challenges of team mentoring Evaluation of make-up of mentoring team (e.g., number, discipline, personality mix, dedication to scholar) Evaluation of what scholars hoped to get from mentoring process vs. what they received from mentoring process (e.g., skills they would like to learn) Creation of clear, formalized guidelines for mentoring meetings Management of competing advice, mentoring styles, expectations, etc. Describe a few observations about team mentoring when it works/doesn’t work (consider career development, research design approach, grant writing, publications, networking, etc.). List what about team mentoring had the greatest impact on the scholar’s success
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Describe the types of discussions that are most or least helpful Provide specific examples of the benefit accrued by team mentoring Ask scholar if he/she would seek to keep this mentoring team in place beyond the BIRCWH funding period Ask scholar if he/she would wish to recreate a different team of mentors Ask scholar about the frequency of disagreements
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| Current scholars |
Describe how the team mentoring approach has impacted the scholar’s goals while a BIRCWH scholar Ask scholar if he/she feels as if her mentors are adequately engaged individually and collectively in the scholar’s work and development Ask scholar if the degree of mentoring which he/she receives through the team mentoring approach is sufficient for her development as a scholar Ask scholar if he/she had the option between individual mentoring and team mentoring, which he/she would choose, and why Ask scholar if he/she would have interdisciplinary team mentoring available to her without the BIRCWH program
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| Former scholars |
Ask scholar if he/she feels that her mentors know his/her very well Ask scholar if he/she respects the advice his/her mentors are giving Ask scholar if all mentors in his/her mentoring team/group are aware of each other’s input
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