Advancing the Science of Mentorship: Future Directions for Sustainable Implementation and Evaluation of Mentorship Education for the Clinical and Translational Science Workforce

Pam Asquith; Melissa McDaniels; Adriana Baez; Leonor Corsino; Roger Fillingim; Doris Rubio; Christopher Russell; Christine Sorkness; Winston Thompson; Christine Pfund

doi:10.1017/cts.2024.497

Advancing the Science of Mentorship: Future Directions for Sustainable Implementation and Evaluation of Mentorship Education for the Clinical and Translational Science Workforce

J Clin Transl Sci. 2024 Mar 13;8(1):e54. doi: 10.1017/cts.2024.497. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Pam Asquith¹, Melissa McDaniels^{1

2}, Adriana Baez³, Leonor Corsino⁴, Roger Fillingim⁵, Doris Rubio⁶, Christopher Russell⁷, Christine Sorkness¹, Winston Thompson⁸, Christine Pfund^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
² Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
³ Departments of Pharmacology and Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA.
⁴ Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition and Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
⁵ College of Dentistry and Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
⁶ Institute for Clinical Research Education, Schools of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁷ Department of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and Division of Hospital Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁸ Departments of Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Abstract

The Advancing the Science of Mentorship: Future Directions for Sustainable Implementation and Evaluation of Mentorship Education for the Clinical and Translational Science Workforce conference was held in Madison, Wisconsin, in April 2023. The conference provided an engaging and scholarly forum for clinical and translational researchers from diverse backgrounds and career stages (including leaders at Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hubs and affiliated institutions) with a professional interest and commitment to improving and diversifying workforce development and fostering a climate of inclusive excellence through best practices in mentorship. Outcomes from the conference include an online resource and a new Community of Practice.

Keywords: CTSA; community of practice; diversity; mentorship; workforce development.

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