Clinical Faculty Mentoring
Overview
The Offices of Clinical Faculty Affairs, Faculty Affairs and UBC CPD, have partnered to deliver a mentoring program to clinical faculty within the FoM.
The Clinical Faculty Mentoring pairs junior clinical faculty/new educators (mentees) with senior clinical faculty (mentors) and includes the 19 departments and 3 schools that make up UBC’s Faculty of Medicine.
The program is currently recruiting for its third cohort and continues to find success by offering a semi-structured program with minimum mandatory participation.
The program also supports FoM departments who are interested in mentoring with the tools and processes to run their own department specific mentoring programs further supporting the delivery future iterations of the program as well as mentoring across the FoM.
Information for participants
Mentees
Information for prospective mentees.
Benefits
Personalized support from an experienced clinical faculty colleague; Professional networking
Commitment
Approximately 16 hours over 10 months; Minimum of 10 mentoring meetings; Facilitated information session (kick-off meeting); Telephone check-ins
Eligibility
Clinical faculty/educators with an interest in teaching/supervising students, an interest in mentorship, in doing more within the FoM, younger associates with an interest in receiving information and feedback from a respected member of their own field
Accreditation
TBC
Cost
There is no cost to participate
Mentors
Information for prospective mentors.
Benefits
- Develop and enhance skills through the fulfillment and satisfaction that will come from assisting a less experienced colleague.
- Two-way learning process provides opportunities for mentors to learn from their mentees
- Free training on giving and receiving feedback
- Professional networking
Commitment
- Approximately 16 hours over 10 months
- Mentor training session
- Minimum of 10 mentoring meetings
- Facilitated information session (kick-off meeting)
- Telephone check-ins
Eligibility
Senior faculty members who have experience in navigating the FoM or are experienced clinical faculty in their field
Accreditation
TBC
Cost
There is no cost to participate