Mentor/Mentee Trainings
Mentorship, sponsorship, and coaching are essential to both training and career advancement in scientific and biomedical fields. However, not all faculty have access to high-quality mentorship. Effective mentors need tools, training, and self-awareness to provide optimal guidance and support.
PriME – Pathway to Mentorship Series
The Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Science and the CUIMC Office of Faculty Professional Development, Diversity, and Inclusion have created the PriME: Pathway to Mentorship Series—a five-part program designed to equip mentors with the skills to navigate the "hidden curriculum" of mentorship. This curriculum includes the unspoken norms and expectations critical to successful mentoring relationships, such as interpersonal skills, professional development, and fostering workforce well-being.
Session 1: Optimizing the Mentor-Mentee Relationship - The Hidden Curriculum of Mentorship
A series on optimizing relationships between mentors and mentees. Each session consists of a lecture followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. Topics covered include:
- Choosing a mentor/mentee
- Giving feedback to mentors/mentees
- Do's and don'ts for mentors/mentees
- Handling difficulties in the mentor-mentee relationship
Past Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Time: 12 - 1 p.m.
Location: In-person
Speakers:
Lou Baptista, MD
Chief Well-Being Officer, CUIMC
Professor of Psychiatry at CUMC
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
David Kessler, MD, MSc
Professor of Pediatrics (in Emergency Medicine) at CUMC
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Penelope Lema, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at CUMC
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Nathalie Moise , MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Session 2: Preparing to be an effective mentor
Mentorship, sponsorship, and coaching are tremendously important to the success in training for and in the advancement of scientific/biomedical careers yet not all faculty have access to high quality mentorship. Mentors need tools, training and enhanced self-awareness to provide optimal guidance and support to faculty.
Please note, this session is offered twice and faculty may register for whichever is most convenient with their schedule. This session also counts toward the CUIMC Educator Development Certificate (CEDC) program.
Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Time: 12 – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
(Registration is required)
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Time: 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Location: Zoom
(Registration is required)
Speakers:
Daichi Shimbo, MD
Associate Dean for Research Career Development
Co-Director of the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Professor of Medicine
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Bernard P. Chang, MD, PhD
Associate Dean of Faculty Health and Research Career Development
Tushar Shah and Sara Zion Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Clara Lapiner, MPH, MEd
Assistant Vice President, Faculty Professional Development, Diversity and Inclusion
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Offerings
"Strategies for Mentees"
This program includes a lecture on mentoring fundamentals with active learning exercises, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. Topics covered include:
- Choosing a mentor
- Forming a mentorship team
- Do's and don'ts for the mentee
- Getting a sponsor
- Giving feedback to mentors
Speaker & Moderator
Daichi Shimbo, Professor of Medicine, Director of Training and Education (TRANSFORM) Resource, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Associate Dean for Research Career Development, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeon
Panelists
- Joan M. Bathon, MD, Professor of Medicine, Advisory Dean for Clinician-Scientist Faculty
- Lauren S. Chernick, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics (in Emergency Medicine) at the Columbia University Medical Center
- Angela M. Christiano, PhD, Richard and Mildred Rhodebeck Professor of Dermatology and Professor of Genetics and Development, Advisory Dean for Basic Scientist Faculty
- Laura Lennihan, MD, Professor of Neurology at the Columbia University Medical Center, Advisory Dean for Clinician-Educator Faculty
- Rini B. Ratan, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Columbia University Medical Center, Advisory Dean for Clinician-Educator Faculty
- Marisa Spann, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry and Pediatrics)
- Robert A. Whittington, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology at the Columbia University Medical Center, Assistant Dean for Academic Development, Faculty Diversity and Inclusion
"Strategies for the Mentor"
This program includes a lecture on mentoring fundamentals, followed by a panel discussion on case studies and Q&A. Topics covered include:
- Best practices for mentors
- Effective communication
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Mentoring with empathy
- Responding to disclosures
Speakers
- Daichi Shimbo, Professor of Medicine, Director of Training and Education (TRANSFORM) Resource, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Associate Dean for Research Career Development, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Anne L. Taylor, MD, John Lindenbaum Professor of Medicine/Cardiology at CUMC, SrVP for Faculty Affairs and Career Development at CUMC, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Panelists
- Angela M. Christiano, PhD, Richard and Mildred Rhodebeck Professor of Dermatology and, Professor of Genetics and Development, Advisory Dean for Basic Scientist Faculty, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Teresa M. Lee, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Laura Lennihan, MD, Professor of Neurology at the Columbia University Medical Center, Advisory Dean for Clinician-Educator Faculty, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, PhD, Helen F. Pettit Professor of Nursing, Executive Director of Columbia Nursing's Center for Research of People of Color, School of Nursing
- Mary Beth Terry, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology (in Environmental Health Sciences), Mailman School of Public Health
- Robert A. Whittington, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology at the Columbia University Medical Center, Assistant Dean for Academic Development, Faculty Diversity and Inclusion, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Jennifer A. Woo Baidal, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Please visit the Calendar of Events for upcoming program dates.
For more information, please email: Office_Acad_Affairs@cumc.columbia.edu
