University of Colorado Denver

​Course Objectives

1. Identify key characteristics you should look for in a good mentor
2. Describe mentor expectations
3. Describe mentee expectations

• Mentoring Presentation
• Video clips from UCD faculty interviews
• Interviews from Office of Research Integrity
• Case Studies of Mentor/Mentee Interactions and collaborators that show how to establish expectations and good communication
• UCD Individual Development Plan for Postdoctoral Fellows
• National Postdoctoral Association Core competencies self-assessment checklist

• AAMC Report: Compact between postdoctoral appointees and their mentors, December 2006
• “Ways to build collaborative teams”, Lynda Gratton and Tamara J. Erickson, Harvard Business Review, Nov. 2007, pp101-109
• “Nature’s guide for mentors”, Adrian Lee, Carina Dennis and Philip Campbell, Nature, 2007, pp.791-797

• “Making the most of mentors: A guide for Mentees”, J. Zerzan, R. Hess, E. Shur, R. Phillips and N. Rigotti, Academic Medicine, vol. 84, No.1/Jan. 2009.

 Questions that focus content

1. What characteristics should you look for in a mentor?
2. What are the expectations of the mentor?
3. What are the expectations of the mentee?