Objectives

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Objectives

• To summarize mentorship tools for a small to
  mid-size academic radiation oncology program.
• To summarize mentor responsibilities.
• To provide framework for department chairs to
  mentor under-represented minority medical
  students in order to address the pipeline
  shortage in radiation oncology.

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Unpacking Mentoring

• Psychosocial Functions
• Role Modeling
• Counseling/Listening
• Acceptance/Confirmation
• Friendship

• Career Functions
• Coaching/Feedback
• Sponsorship
• Exposure/Visibility
• Challenge

Kathy Kram, Mentoring at Work, 1988
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Faisal A. Siddiqui, PhDRadiation Oncology,
Oregon Health Science UniversityPortland,
OR2008 RSNA Research Medical Student
GrantProstate Cancer Screening and Staging by
Dynamic-Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (DCE-MRI)Pharmacokinetics

• Kristen O'Donnell, BSRadiation Oncology, Oregon
  Health Science UniversityPortland, OR2008
  RSNA Research Medical Student GrantAssessment of
  Post-Prostatectomy Clinical Target Variation and
  Critical Structure Dosing During Intensity
  Modulated Radiation Therapy

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JR. FACULTY/RESIDENT CAREER CHALLENGES THAT CHAIR
MUST PROACTIVELY ENGAGE

• SERVICE EFFORT IMBALANCE
• DIFFUSION AND CONFUSION
• PROVIDE DUAL MENTORSHIP STRATEGIES
• i.e. Intramural Extramural mentors
• i.e. Clinical Non-clinical mentors
• i.e. Sr. faculty Another Jr/mid-career mentor

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JR. FACULTY/RESIDENT CAREER CHALLENGES THAT CHAIR
MUST PROACTIVELY ENGAGE

• EXPLOITATION BY OTHER FACULTY
• LACK OF DISCIPLINE PRESERANCE

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The Changing Three-Legged Stool in Academic
Medicine

• Research Teaching Service
• The Triple Threat ????? The Triple
  Threat
• Faculty Member Department

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APPRECIATION OF GENERATIONAL CULTURE DIFFERENCES
BY THE MENTEE AND THE MENTOR

• GENERATION X (born 1963-1981)
• WORK HARD IF BALANCE IN LIFE IS ALLOWED
• EXPECT MULTIPLE FACULTY SEARCHES
• PAYING DUES DOES NOT EQUAL LONGEVITY AT A JOB
• SELF-SACRIFICE TO BE ENDURED OCCASSIONALLY
• QUESTION AUTHORITY TRADITIONAL MODELS

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APPRECIATION OF GENERATIONAL CULTURE DIFFERENCES
BY THE MENTEE AND THE MENTOR

• BABY BOOMERS (born 1945-1962)
• WORK HARD OUT OF LOYALTY, SOMETIMES GUILT
• EXPECT LONGER TERM COMMITMENT FROM INSTITUTION
• PAYING DUES SHOULD BREED LOYALTY FROM THE
  HEIRARCHY
• SELF-SACRIFICE IS A VALUED VIRTUE
• AUTHORITY (CHRONOLOGICAL AGE) IS RESPECTED

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DOCUMENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES REGULARLY
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Sample Portfolio Statement

• Summary of Educational Activity and Effectiveness
  (2002-03)
• Category of Type of Type of
  Dir Evidence of
• Activity Learner Activity
  Hrs/Yr Effectiveness
• Clinical Renal fellows Renal
  Clinic 80 No
• Teaching Residents GM Ward 240
  Yes
• Medical students PCM 120 Yes
• Lectures Renal fellows Didactics
  6 No
• Residents Noon Conf 3 No
• Medical students Renal MSII 12 Yes
• Physicians CME Lectures 8 Yes

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The Real-Time Teaching Portfolio
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CHANGE OF CAREER FOCUS MAY BE WARRANTED
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SOME TEMPLATES FOR CHAIRS TO INCREASE
UNDER-REPRESENTED MINORITY POPULATIONS INTO OUR
SPECIALTY
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Mentoring Across Difference

• Gender
• Race
• Ethnicity
• Age
• National origin

• Education
• Expertise
• Sexual orientation
• Social class

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Mentoring Across Difference

• Awareness and curiosity
• Discussibility of differences
• Putting yourself in the other persons shoes

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V I S I T I N G F A C U L T Y P R E S E N T A T
I O N
Sex, Pregnancy, A Great Pair of Genes
Critical Mediators In the Development
Progression of CNS Autoimmune Injury
Department of Radiation Medicine Presents
Education 08/00-Present The Ohio State
University College of Medicine Columbus, Ohio.
Degrees in progress MD/PhD (Medical
Scientist/Integrated Biomedical Scientist
Programs) Research Immunomodulatory factors that
provide protection during initiation and
progressive phases of multiple sclerosis.
Research "Genetic Basis for Immunosupression
During Pregnancy and Autoimmune Disease"
"Distinct Role for Phosphoinositol-3 Kinase
(PI3K ) in the Development and Progression of
Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis
(EAE)" Awards 2006-07 Minority Access to Res.
Careers MARC Travel Award NIH/NRSA Integrative
Immunobiol. Predoct. Trainee Fellowship Ohio
State Univ. Graduate Poster 1st Place Edward
Hayes Research Forum 2nd Place Autumn Immunol.
Conf. John Wallace Travel Award 2002 NIH/NHLBI
Res. Fellowship 2001 Dept. of Surgery Medical
Res. Development Fund
Na Tosha Gatson, PhD. The Ohio State University
College of Medicine Columbus, Ohio Monday,
August 27th, 2007 1215 115 p.m. KPV 4th
floor conf room 4153
- Public Welcome -
For additional information, call 503-494-1998
www.ohsu.edu/radonc
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V I S I T I N G F A C U L T Y P R E S E N T A T
I O N
"Regulation of Early Wave of Germ Cell
Apoptosis Spermatogenesis by Deubiquitnating
Enzyme Cyld"
Department of Radiation Medicine Presents
Ato Wright Penn State College of Medicine,
Hershey, PA Medical Scientist Training
Program M.D., PhD Candidate Monday February
25th, 2008 1200 100 p.m. KPV 4th floor conf
room 4153
Education 08/02- Present Pennsylvania State
College of Medicine, Hershey, PA M.D. /PhD.
Candidate, Medical Scientist Training
Program 9/07-6/08, Predoctoral Fellow, MD
Anderson Cancer Center 05/98-05/02 Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA B.S
Biology Leadership Experience 08/03-07/04
Student National Medical Association Chapter
President Academic Awards Honors 11/07 NF?B
Keystone Symposia Minority Scholarship 08/05-
Present Ruth L. Kirschstein Research Fellowship
(F31) 03/05 Minority Trainee Research Forum
Acres of Diamond Award for National Abstract
Completion and Distinction in Oral and Poster
Session 08/02-05/03 Pennsylvania State
University Bunton- Walter Graduate Scholarship
Award 08/01-05/02 National Science Foundation
(NSF) Research Grant 08/98-05/02 Pennsylvania
State University Bunton- Waller Undergraduate
Scholarship Award 08/00-05/02 United Negro
College Fund (UNCF)- Merck Undergraduate
Scholar 05/98-07/98 Howard Hughes Undergraduate
Scholar Publications Wright, A., O. Szot J.,
Fedoroff N., Optimization and Characterization of
Printing Conditions for cDNA Microarray Printing
Conditions. CIC-SROP Journal. 8/01/2000 Jin W,
Reiley W.R., Lee A.J., Wright A. Wu X. Zhang M.
and Sun S. C. (2007) Deubiquitinating Enzyme CYLD
Regulates the Peripheral Development and Naive
Phenotype Maintenance of B Cells. J. Biol. Chem.
28215884-15896. Reiley W. R., Jin W., Lee J.,
Wright A., Wu X., Tewalt E.F., Leonard T.O.,
Norbury C.C., Fitpatrick L., Zhang M., and Sun
S-C., (2007) Deubiquitinating Enzyme CYLD
Regulates the Ubiquitin-Dependant Kinase Tak1 and
Prevents Abnormal T-Cell Response. J. Exp. Med.
204 1475-1485. Wright A., Reiley W.R., Chang M.,
Jin W., Lee A.J., Zhang M., and Sun S-C, (2007)
Regulation of Early Wave of Germ Cell Apoptosis
and Spermatogenesis by Deubiquitinating Enzyme
CYLD. Developmental Cell. 13(3)705-16
- Public Welcome - For additional information,
call 503-346-0299 www.ohsu.edu/radonc
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Peer Mentoring Best Practices

• Collaborative Mentoring Groups
• Academic Development Plans
• Academic Writing Skills
• Communication and Negotiation Skills
• Mentoring Skills Workshops
• Communication and Coaching Skills
• Addressing Mentoring Dilemmas

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Best Practices for Mentors

• Communicate explicitly what works for you and why
• Encourage mentee to develop a repertoire of role
  models
• Provide emotional and practical support to mentee
  in difficult moments

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Best Practices for Mentees

• Build your own personal coaching staff
• Cultivate awareness of what you have to give back
  in a mentoring relationship
• Be a mentor to others

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• Ecologists tell us that a tree planted in a
  clearing of an old forest will grow more
  successfully than one planted in an open field.
  The reason, it seems, is that the roots of the
  forest tree are able to follow the intricate
  pathways created by former trees and thus imbed
  themselves more deeply. Indeed, over time, the
  roots of many trees actually graft themselves to
  one another, creating an interdependent mat of
  life hidden beneath the earth. This literally
  enables stronger trees to share resources with
  the weaker so that the whole forest becomes
  healthier. Similarly, human beings thrive best
  when we grow in the presence of those who have
  gone before.
• Parks Daloz (2000)
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