Mentoring

• Advisor, Teacher, Role Model, Friend
  This web site provides a guide for faculty members, teachers, administrators, and others who advise and mentor students of science and engineering, and summarizes features that are common to successful mentoring relationships. This web site was created by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine
  For more information: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/mentor/index.html
   
• Faculty Mentoring Guide
  This web site provides a guide to encourage mentoring activities at the School of Medicine on the Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. This guide uses suggestions based on research concerning mentoring in health care, academia and business, and is also made available for download at the web site.
  For more information: http://www.medschool.vcu.edu/ofid/facdev/facultymentoringguide/index-2.html
   
• A Guide to Training and Mentoring in the Intramural Research Program at NIH
  This web site provides an overview on mentoring developed by the National Institutes of Health.
  For more information: http://www1.od.nih.gov/oir/sourcebook/ethic-conduct/mentor-guide.htm
   
• Mentorship Manual for Medical Students
  This PDF file is intended for medical students and provides guidance as to finding and maintaining a mentor relationship. This manual was created by the Virginia Commonwealth University.
  For more information: http://www.womeninmedicine.vcu.edu/PDF/MentorshipManual.pdf
   
• How important are role models in making good doctors?
  In this article the authors consider whether role models can still be an effective means of imparting professional values, attitudes, and behaviors in a health service that is increasingly sensitive to society's expectations. The authors are Elisabeth Paice, dean director, Shelley Heard, postgraduate dean, Fiona Moss, associate dean, of the London Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education, University of London. Note that accessing this article may require an institutional or individual subscription to the British Medical Journal.
  For more information: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/325/7366/707