PMID- 34427550
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210826
LR  - 20220426
IS  - 1087-2981 (Electronic)
IS  - 1087-2981 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021 Dec
TI  - Precision mentoring (PM): a proposed framework for increasing research capacity 
      in health-related disciplines.
PG  - 1964933
LID - 10.1080/10872981.2021.1964933 [doi]
LID - 1964933
AB  - PROBLEM: Research productivity is expected of academic faculty, and mentoring can 
      facilitate it. This paper presents a framework for using mentoring to develop 
      researchers in health disciplines. APPROACH: We utilized recent literature 
      reviews, and experience developing researchers at an emerging research 
      institution within the Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI) program, 
      to propose a precision mentoring (PM) framework for research development. 
      OUTCOMES: Although we cannot precisely determine how much improvement was due to 
      the PM framework, over the 4 years of our program, the quality and quantity of 
      pilot project proposals (PPP) has increased, the number of external proposals 
      submitted and funded by PPP investigators has increased, and the number of 
      faculty participating in our program has increased. Surveys distributed to our 
      2021-22 PPP applicants who did not receive funding (n = 5/6 or 86.7%) revealed 
      that new investigators most frequently sought mentoring related to career 
      guidance (e.g., institutional culture, pre-tenure survival strategies), grant 
      proposal basics (e.g., working with funding agencies, reviewing aims, balancing 
      priorities, and enhancing scientific rigor), and identifying funding 
      opportunities. NEXT STEPS: We recommend shifting the mentoring paradigm such 
      that: (a) mentees are pre-screened and re-screened for their current skill set 
      and desired areas of growth; (b) mentoring occurs in teams vs. by individuals; 
      (c) mentors are trained and rewarded, and (d) attention is paid to enhancing 
      institutional culture.
FAU - Ransdell, Lynda B
AU  - Ransdell LB
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1162-7047
AD  - Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) in the Center for Health 
      Equity Research (CHER), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
AD  - College of Health and Human Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 
      USA.
FAU - Wayment, Heidi A
AU  - Wayment HA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5287-5966
AD  - Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) in the Center for Health 
      Equity Research (CHER), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
AD  - Department of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 
      USA.
FAU - Schwartz, Anna L
AU  - Schwartz AL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7965-0855
AD  - Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) in the Center for Health 
      Equity Research (CHER), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
AD  - School of Nursing, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
FAU - Lane, Taylor S
AU  - Lane TS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9387-5700
AD  - Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) in the Center for Health 
      Equity Research (CHER), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
FAU - Baldwin, Julie A
AU  - Baldwin JA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1872-1925
AD  - Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) in the Center for Health 
      Equity Research (CHER), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
AD  - Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - U54 MD012388/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Med Educ Online
JT  - Medical education online
JID - 9806550
SB  - IM
MH  - Faculty
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Mentoring
MH  - Mentors
MH  - Minority Groups
MH  - Pilot Projects
PMC - PMC8386703
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Faculty development
OT  - diversity
OT  - faculty of color
OT  - new faculty
OT  - research success
COIS- No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
EDAT- 2021/08/25 06:00
MHDA- 2021/08/27 06:00
PMCR- 2021/01/01
CRDT- 2021/08/24 12:16
PHST- 2021/08/24 12:16 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/08/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/08/27 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1964933 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/10872981.2021.1964933 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Educ Online. 2021 Dec;26(1):1964933. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2021.1964933.