MARC Supplement at Georgia State University: Workforce Diversity Through Enhanced Mentoring

摘要 格鲁吉亚州立大学的MARC补充： 通过加强指导实现员工队伍多元化 MARC@GSU于2019年推出，并支持了两个高性能的 本科生在指导研究和专业发展的机会;第三批 将于2021年春季招募。尽管面临与大流行病有关的挑战，我们成功地 匹配学生与支持教师导师，他们正在生成，呈现， 一起发布数据。我们的导师正在参加辅导研讨会，我们的学员正在 参加专业发展研讨会。然而，持续的导师-学员 讲习班的沟通和后续行动并非总是最佳的。该项目在 此补充应用程序旨在开发和测试一种新工具，以培养有效的导师-学员 关系。我们会建立一个方便易用的网上平台， 指导者可以创建定制的指导工作簿，供个别被指导者或团队使用。 该平台将支持导师指导MARC@GSU学者进行多样化的研究 职业道路。对于目标1，我们将评估当前的导师-学员关系，并确定以下方面的差距： 导师准备，使用焦点小组讨论和基于文献的搜索。对于目标2， 我将收集材料，并建立一个平台，通过它，导师可以创建定制的 练习手册，其中的练习将有助于建立和积极保持沟通， 有效的指导关系。我们还将与计划合作优化平台 来自合作机构的主任和导师-学员二人组， 该平台对于目标3，我们将把新平台整合到GSU的研究项目中， 通过宣传视频、教学视频、 指南、有针对性的公报和同行评审的出版物。策略性地设计 评估沿着产品的制度化和传播， 这个项目的影响。最终，该平台将促进导师的发展， 生物医学研究环境的多样性、公平性和包容性。

ABSTRACT MARC Supplement at Georgia State University: Workforce Diversity Through Enhanced Mentoring MARC@GSU launched in 2019 and has supported two cohorts of high-performing undergraduates in mentored research and professional development opportunities; a third cohort is being recruited in spring 2021. Despite the pandemic-related challenges, we have successfully matched students with supportive faculty mentors, and they are generating, presenting, and publishing data together. Our mentors are attending mentoring workshops, and our trainees are attending professional development workshops. Nevertheless, sustained mentor-mentee communications and follow-up from workshops are not always optimal. This project proposed in this supplement application aims to develop and test a new tool to foster effective mentor-mentee relationships. We will establish a user-friendly, easily-accessible, online platform through which mentors can create customized mentoring workbooks for use with individual mentees or teams. The platform will support mentors as they guide MARC@GSU scholars toward diverse research career paths. For Aim 1, we will assess current mentor-mentee relationships and identify gaps in mentor preparation, using focus group discussions and literature-based searches. For Aim 2, we will assemble materials and build a platform through which mentors can create customized workbooks with exercises that will help to establish and actively maintain communications and effective mentoring relationships. We will also optimize the platform in collaboration with program directors and mentor-mentee dyads from collaborating institutions, enhancing generalizability of the platform. For Aim 3, we will integrate the new platform into research programs at GSU and make them available for other institutions nationwide, using promotional videos, instructional guides, targeted communiques, and peer-reviewed publications. Strategically designed assessments along with institutionalization and dissemination of the product will maximize the impact of this project. Ultimately, the platform will enhance development of mentors and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in biomedical research environments.