Nature's guide for mentors

Abstract

The Nature awards for creative mentoring in science were created on the premise that the mentorship of young researchers-although fully deserving of recognition-is perhaps the least remarked on of all the activities that take place in the lab. Indeed, there is no established definition of what constitutes good scientific mentoring. This article attempts to remedy that situation, drawing on the evidence from competitions for Nature's awards. These are held on a national or regional basis, with the most recent taking place last year, when the focus was on Australasia. Previous competitions have been held in the United Kingdom, and the next competition will be in South Africa (see www.nature.com/nature/ mentoringawards/southafrica/index.html).

Achieving success in clinically based research: the importance of mentoring

“…The mentee also needs to be able to accept constructive feedback, corrections and even failures, and take a proactive role in managing their research project/research career. Some key strategies for sustaining a mentor‐mentees relationship are outlined in Table 1 8, 9, 11, 12, 13…”

Mentorship in Arab Board Pediatric Residency Training Program: A Questionnaire Based Study - Qatar Experience

“…Another style is the experimental style in which the mentor assigns some tasks to the mentee and then offers follow up. Tasks can then increase in complexity as per the desired skill and competency level [11]. Another more flexible approach has been formulated more recently aiming at having the mentees expressing their own ideas rather than be directed towards a specific line of thoughts [12].…”

“…A known style uses direct questioning of the mentor to the mentee to expose varieties of desired knowledge and skills [11]. Another style is the experimental style in which the mentor assigns some tasks to the mentee and then offers follow up.…”

Mentorship for operational research capacity building: hands-on or hands-off?

“…have been published, [4][5][6][7][8] we can find no published work on mentorship in OR, and, in particular, mentorship for writing a scientific paper.…”