Department Based Mentoring Programs
Mentoring Awards
Deadline: 3rd Friday in July
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The Executive Dean in The School of Medicine, University of Kansas formally launched the SOM Executive Dean's distinguished mentoring awards in the summer of 2006 honoring outstanding mentors chosen annually as a part of the Faculty Mentoring Program. Participation in mentoring junior faculty members is evaluated in the Annual Faculty Assessment and is a criterion in review by Departmental and SOM Promotion and Tenure Committees, particularly for promotion to Professor.
Three (out of five) separate and individual Distinguished Mentoring Awards each recognize a responsibility to faculty development through partnering and rewarding scholars and professionals who exemplify a deep commitment to fostering the professional growth of our junior faculty members. The remaining two (out of five) awards were created in 2010 to recognize and reward faculty who mentor residents or post-docs.
Eligibility is based upon the award criteria but honors persons who have demonstrated a commitment to mentoring and who strive for excellence in all their activities, give selflessly to their students, their colleagues, their personal careers and their patients ... still finding time to "give a leg up" to the careers of our junior faculty colleagues, residents or post-doc. The faculty of the School of Medicine believes that mentoring is critical to faculty vitality and mentoring helps form a foundation for development of the next generation of medical educators: our heroes in the profession, our master teachers, and role models.
Recipients of these prestigious awards earn membership in The University of Kansas School of Medicine SOCIETY OF DISTINGUISHED MENTORS.
Honorees receive:
In May, 2011, an article entitled Defining the Ideal Qualities of Mentorship: A Qualitative Analysis of the Characteristics of Outstanding Mentors by Christine S. Cho, MD, MPH, Radhika A. Ramanan, MD, MPH, Mitchell D. Feldman, MD, MPhil was published in the American Journal of Medicine. The primary objective of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine study was to identify from letters whereby mentees' nominated their mentors for their prestigious lifetime achievement award in mentoring, qualities they found to be outstanding. The results of the article gave new insight into how mentors foster the careers of junior faculty in the academic health sciences. Five themes emerged from the analysis. Outstanding mentors: 1) exhibit admirable personal qualities, including enthusiasm, compassion, and selflessness; 2) act as a career guide, offering a vision but purposefully tailoring support to each mentee; 3) make strong time commitments with regular, frequent, and high-quality meetings; 4) support personal/professional balance; and 5) leave a legacy of how to be a good mentor through role modeling and instituting policies that set global expectations and standards for mentorship.
Source: Cho CS, Ramanan RA, Feldman MD. Defining the Ideal Qualities of Mentorship: A Qualitative Analysis of the Characteristics of Outstanding Mentors. American Journal of Medicine. 2011 May; Vol. 124 (5): 453-458. Readers should choose Science Direct and enter their KUMC username and password when prompted.
3 Award Categories for Faculty Who Mentor Junior Faculty
Three (3) different awards are currently available. For criteria and nomination packet information click the award best suited for the individual being nominated for their service as a mentor to our junior faculty members.
(For any non-KU SOM faculty member who has mentored one or more junior faculty members in the KU SOM for two years or more. These individuals can be faculty members anywhere else, or professional members of the community)
Two (2) different awards are currently available. For criteria and nomination packet information click the award best suited for the individual being nominated for their service as a mentor..
(For assistant, associate or full professors with 3 or more years at KU SOM)
(For assistant, associate or full professors with 3 or more years at KU SOM)
Questions, please contact:
Ms. Marty McLaughlin, Associate Director
Office of Professional Development and Faculty Affairs, SOM
Email address: mmclaughlin@kumc.edu
Phone Number: (913) 588-1381
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