1. Mentors Guidelines for New Faculty
Adapted from: Rogers JC, Holloway RL, Miller SM. Academic mentoring and family
medicine’s research productivity. Family Medicine 1990; 22:

2. How Do You Find A Mentor?

3. Step 1. Know what your boss expects of you. Tenure track or nontenure
Educator
Clinician or other service provider
Administrator
Researcher

4. Step 2. Clarify your role focus Your role choices:
One focus for nontenure track
Two foci for tenure track
Your role choices:
Educator
Clinician or other service provider
Administrator
Researcher

5. Step 3. Within your role focus, select a content area Examples:
Cancer prevention
Complementary and alternative medicine
Women’s health
Mental health
Diabetes prevention
Adolescent health
Health behaviors

6. Step 4. Identify experts in your role focus
Local experts
Regional experts
National experts
It is not necessary for them to be familiar with your content area

7. Step 5. Identify experts in your content area Local experts
Regional experts
National experts

8. Step 6. Actively seek out and engage these mentors
Note – they will not seek YOU
To help you with the following needs…

9. Mentors Can Address Several Needs
Professional socialization
Role modeling
Nurturing
Teaching
Advocacy

10. Professional Socialization
Help you to understand the academic environment
Broadens your perspective
Provide access to key people & resources
Help you develop role clarity

11. Role Modeling Provides intellectual stimulation
Involves you in one of his/her projects
Teaches by example
Provides examples of work/family balance

12. Nurturing Generates enthusiasm and confidence Encourages the dream
Serves as a sounding board
Provides collegiality
Counsels you
Offers moral support
Helps with career planning
Provides reality testing

13. Teaching Helps you develop specific knowledge or skills
Provides constructive feedback
Coaches you
Acts as a taskmaster

14. Advocacy Provides sponsorship Protects your time
Uses his/her reputation to foster your credibility
Uses his/her influence to promote your needs

15. How Many Mentors? As many as it takes!
One mentor generally does not perform all these functions.

16. The Role of WFA What are your needs for mentorship?
How can WFA facilitate?