Faculty Mentorship & Career Development

Annual Mentorship Training Symposiums

Mentorship Symposiums offer an annual forum for mentors and mentees to engage with peers and experts on different aspects of mentoring and career development.

Attendees hear from thought leaders and faculty experts on best practices, tips for mentoring success, and examples of mentorship ingenuity. The symposium incorporates group discussion, panel talks, and hands-on workshops to promote useful skills and advice for mentors and mentees. All faculty and mentees at MUSC, and our partners and affiliates, are invited and encouraged to join this annual half-day event.

An archive of Symposium presentations is available on SCTR's internal website (login required).

2024: Mentoring Up, Down & Sideways

Keynote Address: Dr. Audrey J. Murrell, Professor of Business Administration, Psychology, Public and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh

Stay tuned for presentation recordings.

2023: Best Practices for Difficult Conversations

• “Difficult Conversations” – Dr. Daniel Smith, MUSC
• “Giving and Receiving Feedback” – Dr. Kevin Gray, MUSC
• “Response to Negative Grant/Manuscript Reviews” – Dr. Victoria Arango, NIMH/NIH

2022: Wellness & Avoiding Burnout for Mentors & Mentees

• “The Role of Mentoring to Support Well-being of Clinical Translational Researchers” – Dr. Miriam Bredella, Massachusetts General Hospital

2021: Mentoring to Support Better Grant Applications

• “An Insider’s View on How to Compete Successfully for NIH Funding” – Dr. Scott Janis, NINDS/NIH
• “Essential Elements of Mentoring on Grant Writing: K08/K23 or R01/R21” – Dr. Aimee McRae-Clark, MUSC
• “Essential Elements of Mentoring on Grant Writing: Setting a Timeline” – Dr. Perry Halushka, MUSC
• “Essential Elements of Mentoring on Grant Writing: Content and Grantsmanship Issues” – Dr. Rick Segal, MUSC
• “Essential Elements of Mentoring on Grant Writing: Review and Feedback by Mentor” – Dr. Carol Feghali-Bostwick, MUSC
• “Essential Elements of Mentoring on Grant Writing: Strategy for Resubmissions” – Dr. Heather Bonilha, MUSC

2020: Mentoring in the Age of Digital Technology

• “Mentoring in the Age of Digital Technology” – Dr. Katherine Hartmann, Vanderbilt University

Mentor Leadership Council

The Mentor Leadership Council (MLC) is charged with planning, developing, and coordinating campus-wide mentoring initiatives and working with leadership in all colleges to strengthen mentoring activities throughout the institution.

For more information, please contact Dr. Carol Feghali-Bostwick or Diana Lee-Chavarria.

Mentoring Resources

• College of Medicine Department Mentoring Plans
• College of Medicine Faculty Affairs, Development, & Wellness
• Palmetto Profiles – allows for new ways to network and collaborate between researchers, including mentors and mentees
• SCTR SUCCESS Center – a consolidated entry point for access to research expertise, information, and research navigation
• MentorNet – provides an online platform for academic mentorship, particularly focusing on STEM fields. It connects students, postdocs, and early-career professionals with experienced mentors in their respective fields
• MyIDP – a free, web-based Individual Development Plan to aid in career development from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) – provides researchers across all career stages with mentoring resources and professional development
• National Postdoctoral Association – Mentoring Resources for Postdocs
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) – provides trainings, curricula, and other resources
  • Find local mentor-trained facilitators
• Mentoring Contracts
  • Example Mentorship Agreements/Compacts (from CIMER)
  • Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Mentoring Compacts
    • Postdoctoral (can be modified for faculty)
    • Graduate students