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

摘要 佐治亚州立大学的MARC增刊： 通过加强指导实现员工多元化 Marc@GSU于2019年推出，已经支持了两个高性能的 指导研究和职业发展机会的本科生；第三批 将于2021年春季招募。尽管面临与大流行相关的挑战，我们还是成功地 将学生与支持性的教职员工导师配对，他们正在生成、展示和 一起发布数据。我们的导师正在参加辅导工作坊，我们的学员是 参加专业发展研讨会。然而，持续的导师-被辅导者 讲习班的沟通和后续行动并不总是最佳的。此项目建议于 此补充应用程序旨在开发和测试一种新工具，以培养有效的辅导者 两性关系。我们将建立一个用户友好、易于访问的在线平台 指导人员可以创建自定义指导工作簿，以供个别指导对象或团队使用。 该平台将支持导师引导Marc@GSU学者进行多样化研究 职业道路。对于目标1，我们将评估当前的导师-学员关系，并找出 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，我们 我将收集材料并建立一个平台，导师可以通过这个平台创建定制的 带有练习的练习册，将有助于建立和积极保持沟通和 有效的指导关系。我们还将与PROGRAM合作优化平台 来自合作机构的董事和导师-学员二人组，增强了 站台。对于目标3，我们将把新平台整合到GSU的研究项目中，并 使用宣传片、教学视频将它们提供给全国其他机构 指南、有针对性的公报和同行评议的出版物。经过战略设计 评估以及产品的制度化和传播将使 这个项目的影响。最终，该平台将促进导师的发展并促进 生物医学研究环境中的多样性、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.