2024 VAST Mentorship Program: Expectations, best practices, and how to get the most out of your mentorship relationship
Mentorship is defined as the influence, guidance, or direction given by a mentor. A mentor may help with exploring careers, setting goals, developing contacts, and identifying resources. Our goal is to match trainees where applicable (and wanted) with academic faculty (i.e., a VAST co-investigator or collaborator), a senior peer mentor, and/or a non-academic mentor (i.e., industry/non-profit/community partner, clinician). In order to facilitate matches based on expectations upon time, career goals, and professional interests, please fill out the registration survey. You can more on the mentorship program here.
Effective mentorship relationships have clear expectations and communication. This workshop will cover general guidance for setting up a mentee-mentor relationship and what should be discussed at the first meeting, will review some of the benefits of mentorship for both mentees and mentors, and will provide some time to work in breakout rooms to discuss effective mentorship strategies (for mentors), and questions to ask / how to get the most out of mentorship (for mentees).