The art of virtual mentoring in the twenty-first century for STEM majors and beyond

McReynolds, Melanie R.; Termini, Christina M.; Hinton, Antentor; Taylor, Brittany L.; Vue, Zer; Huang, Haigen; Roby, ReAnna S.; Shuler, Haysetta; Carter, Calvin S.

doi:10.1038/s41587-020-00758-7

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“…Some examples of virtual mentoring platforms: Zoom, Skype, Trello, Slack, Blue Jeans, Twitter, Facebook, WeChat, WhatsApp, QQ, LINE, KAKAO talk, etc. [23].…”

Section: Mentoring Needs At Different Stages Of Professional Development 10 Do's and Don'ts For Menteesmentioning

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Role of Mentors in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Training

Khot¹

2022

Medical Education for the 21st Century

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A career in academic medicine may take years to develop, as the skills it requires are often not taught at an early stage. Having a committed mentor is always a privilege and valuable to the students in medicine. Given the wide variety of mentoring relationships, they are broadly classified as formal and informal according to the way in which the relationship is formed. Mentoring relationships usually evolve in stages to ensure competencies are met before the mentees progress to the next part of their mentoring process. “Mentoring up” is a concept that empowers mentees to be active participants in their mentoring relationships. Also, the mentoring needs vary depending on the stage of professional development. Mentors have 7 roles to perform in this relationship. Despite the advantages, the mentoring process faces the challenges like unrealistic expectations from the mentees, lack of training and time constraint among the clinician educators, and so on. The challenges can be overcome by building structured mentorship programs, by organizing the faculty development programs, use of virtual platforms to facilitate the meeting and providing the academic recognition/financial incentives to the mentors providing the exemplary service.

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“…Some examples of virtual mentoring platforms: Zoom, Skype, Trello, Slack, Blue Jeans, Twitter, Facebook, WeChat, WhatsApp, QQ, LINE, KAKAO talk, etc. [23].…”

Section: Mentoring Needs At Different Stages Of Professional Development 10 Do's and Don'ts For Menteesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Role of Mentors in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Training

Khot¹

2022

Medical Education for the 21st Century

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“…Students and faculty alike have been forced to rapidly adjust their learning and teaching styles to accommodate remote and virtual learning (McReynolds et al . 2020 ).…”

Section: Mentoring Gone Wrong—awfulization Demoralization and Burnoutmentioning

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“…Like other mentoring formats, virtual mentoring must be optimized (McReynolds et al . 2020 ) and care must be taken to avoid burnout.…”

Section: Mentoring Gone Wrong—awfulization Demoralization and Burnoutmentioning

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Intentional mentoring: maximizing the impact of underrepresented future scientists in the 21st century

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Pathogens and Disease

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Mentoring is a developmental experience intended to increase the willingness to learn and establish credibility while building positive relationships through networking. In this commentary, we focus on intentional mentoring for underrepresented mentees, including individuals that belong to minority racial, ethnic, and gender identity groups in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) fields. Intentional mentoring is the superpower action necessary for developing harmony and comprehending the purpose and value of the mentor/mentee relationship. Regardless of a mentor's career stage, we believe the strategies discussed may be used to create a supportive and constructive mentorship environment; thereby improving the retention rates of underrepresented mentees within the scientific community.

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“…In this scenario, it was critical to maintain student motivation and productivity. Some useful advice on how to confront such a situation, avoiding the feeling that the teacher was talking to a screen without knowing whether there was someone listening, interacting, or reacting, can be found in McReynolds et al (2020). Paradoxically, one advantage of virtual meetings is that the risk that the other party can disconnect at any moment stimulates the productivity of the person who hosts the meeting.…”

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Teaching microbiology in times of plague

2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed several challenges and strains at all levels of the educational system, especially as a consequence of lockdown and social distance measures. After a period of exclusive use of the online educational environment, educators have adapted to the new circumstances and, by a combination of different strategies, have fought to overcome the limitations and deficiencies of virtual learning. Student motivation, productivity, and creativity continue to be the main pedagogical issues that have to be reached with the new didactic tools developed during the pandemic. At the same time, this pandemic has shown the importance of the inclusion of microbiology as a core element of the educational curriculum and the opportunity to raise public awareness of the importance of microbes to everyday life.

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The art of virtual mentoring in the twenty-first century for STEM majors and beyond

Cited by 48 publications

References 4 publications

Role of Mentors in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Training

Role of Mentors in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Training

Intentional mentoring: maximizing the impact of underrepresented future scientists in the 21st century

Teaching microbiology in times of plague

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