Mentoring Resources

Learn about numerous tools for enhancing your mentoring relationships.
Contact: Irené Merry (415) 502-0244

UCSF Faculty Mentoring Program Toolkit

UCSF Faculty Mentoring Program Toolkit

UCSF Faculty Mentor Training Program

Mentor Training Program

Individual Development Plans

UCSF Faculty Individual Development Plan

Meeting Tools
The One-Minute Mentor

1. Assess the mentee
• Check in
• Assess for any urgent issues
• Use active listening skills

2. Set an agenda
• Review pending items
• Assess time available
• Prioritize

3. Assist with ongoing projects
• Ask clarifying questions
• Set clear and measurable goals
• Give advice and suggest resources
• Agree on timeline for deliverables

4. Provide career guidance
• Review Individual Development Plan and CV
• Inquire about professional / personal balance

5. Wrap up
• Clarify expectations of mentor and mentee
• Schedule future meeting

Mentoring Tip:

Individual Development Plans (IDPs) are used widely by organizations – from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the U.S. Coast Guard – to help individuals develop and achieve career goals. We think it’s a great tool to guide successful mentoring relationships. An IDP helps the mentor understand the mentee’s needs and the mentee identify professional goals. Mentees can send their completed IDP to their mentor prior to their meeting to make the most of their meeting time.

Papers on Mentoring
  1. Wilkes M, Feldman MD. Mentoring clinical trainees: a need for high touch. Lancet. 2017 Jan 14;389(10065):135-137.
  2. Sakushima K, Mishina H, Fukuhara S, Sada K, Koizumi J, Sugioka T, Kobayashi N, Nishimura M, Mori J, Makino H, Feldman MD. Mentoring the next generation of physician-scientists in Japan: a cross-sectional survey of mentees in six academic medical centers. BMC Med Educ. 2015 Mar 19;15:54.
  3. Straus SE, Johnson MO, Marquez C, Feldman MD. Characteristics of successful and failed mentoring relationships: A qualitative study across two academic health centers. Acad Med. 2013;88(1):82-89.
  4. Feldman MD. From the Editors’ Desk: Realizing the Dream: Mentorship in Academic Medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27(1):1-2.
  5. Abedin Z, Biskrup E, Silet K, Garbutt JM, Kroenke K, Feldman MD, McGee Jr R, Fleming M, Pincus HA. Deriving competencies for mentors of clinical and translational scholars. Clin Transl Sci. 2012;5(3):273-280.
  6. Feldman MD, Steinauer JE, Khalili M, et al. A mentor development program for clinical translational science faculty leads to sustained, improved confidence in mentoring skills Clinical and Translational Science. 2012; 2012.
  7. Cho CS, Ramanan RA, Feldman MD. Defining the ideal qualities of mentorship: A qualitative analysis of the characteristics of outstanding mentors. Am J Med. 2011;124(5):453-458.
  8. Shea JA, Stern DT, Klotman PE, Clayton CP, O'Hara JL, Feldman MD, Griendling KK, Moss M, Straus SE, Jagsi R. Career development of physician scientists: a survey of leaders in academic medicine. Am J Med. 2011 Aug;124(8):779-87.
  9. Johnson MO, Subak LL, Brown JS, Lee KA, Feldman MD. An Innovative Program to Train Health Sciences Researchers to be Effective Clinical and Translational-Research Mentors. Acad Med. 2010;85(3):484-489.
  10. Feldman MD, Arean PA, Marshall SJ, Lovett M, O'Sullivan P. Does mentoring matter: Results from a survey of faculty mentees at a large health sciences university Medical Education Online. 2010;15(0).
  11. Feldman MD, Huang L, Guglielmo BJ, et al. Training the next generation of research mentors: The University of California, San Francisco, Clinical & Translational Science Institute mentor development program Clinical and Translational Science. 2009;2(3):216-221.
Mentoring and Diversity

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