There are other small things a new PI must learn to adjust to: department meetings, mentoring responsibilities, departmental politics, "and also just the logistics of starting from a completely empty room and getting all the little things and details," Calhoun says.
In 23 (out of 151) reports (24%% of meetings), mentors or mentees reported in engaging in non-academic activities such as playing tennis, chess, dancing, working out at the gym, cooking, playing video games, and volunteering.
Mentors registered for upper-division course credit to participate and were expected to attend group mentoring meetings every 2 weeks, meet with their mentee individually at least every 2 weeks, complete reports based upon these meetings, complete an outreach project with their mentee, and co-facilitate a group mentoring meeting.
During the initial meetings, J.S.M. mentored C.M.G. in the framework of the guided inquiry based research model created by J.S.M.
Besides holding monthly meetings, we provide mentoring to students, postdoctoral fellows, and tenure-track investigators.
The group mentoring meetings each had a theme, which ranged from psychosocial to career development topics: listening skills, science communication, study skills, time management, stress management, impostor syndrome, and finding professional opportunities.
Monthly mentoring meetings will be scheduled throughout the study where the vocational advisors have the opportunity to request further clarification on any aspect of the teaching, and discuss individual cases both with colleagues and the trainers (a consultant physiotherapist and clinical psychologist who are experienced in managing work related issues).
Being a PI Ford is busy balancing his successful research career with the other duties incumbent on a professor, such as teaching, attending committee meetings, writing grants, and mentoring the members of his lab team.
Weekly mentoring group meetings were convened to ensure that all of them were well-trained.
On the other hand, mentees more often reported concerns having to do with meeting the requirements of the mentoring program, such as finding mutually acceptable times to meet.
Rapport was largely achieved by introducing the mentors first to the district leadership and subsequently to the medical officers of the PHCs at the monthly meeting prior to rollout of mentoring visits.
