Supporting postdoctoral mentoring relationships through expanding the Postdoc Academy program

博士后学院项目是一个全面的在线和面对面的专业课程 发展计划提供给所有博士后学者(博士后)，以帮助他们发展 可转让的技能，使他们能够在不同的生物医学职业生涯中取得成功。我们的 内容包括免费在线课程、开放式教育促进指南和随附的 课程材料、面对面研讨会和支持的学习社区。我们的空房 课程包括成功成为博士后和培养成功职业生涯的技能，以及 涵盖以下主题：加入新的实践社区、设定目标和期望 在导师的指导下，职业规划，发展韧性，在跨文化中有效地工作 环境、领导力、成为新主管、项目管理、翻译 将技能传授到新的专业环境中，开发电梯推介，并为工作做准备 申请材料。自从我们的项目启动以来，我们已经有超过7000名博士后，并且 我们计划的参与者中有20%来自代表性不足的种族群体。我们的研究和 项目评估数据显示，博士后使用我们的项目及其支持的学习 社区与同行和促进者进行对话，他们无法或 与他们的主要导师在一起感到不舒服，特别是那些来自边缘的博士后 种族认同。我们父母奖的这一补充旨在利用我们在全国的影响力， 伙伴关系和接触博士后群体的机会，以促进包容性指导空间 通过创建或加强博士后和博士后之间的指导对话来培训博士后 教职员工。我们建议通过两个目标来做到这一点：具体目标1：改善指导 通过整合博士后引导的对话建立博士后与教师导师之间的关系 将框架纳入每个博士后学院模块和我们的PALS辅导员指南；具体目标2： 改进教师指导实践，并启动与博士后的指导对话 通过开发针对部门的虚拟资源和培训方案。

The Postdoc Academy program is a comprehensive online and in-person professional development program available to all postdoctoral scholars (postdocs) to help them develop the transferable skills that will enable their success in a diverse set of biomedical careers. Our content includes free online courses, open educational facilitation guides and accompanying curricular materials, in-person workshops, and supported learning communities. Our available courses include Succeeding as a Postdoc and Building Skills for a Successful Career, and cover themes related to: joining a new community of practice, setting goals and expectations with a mentor, career planning, developing resilience, working effectively in intercultural environments, leadership, becoming a new supervisor, project management, translating teaching skills into new professional settings, developing elevator pitches, and preparing job application materials. We have reached over 7000 postdocs since our program launch, and 20% of our program participants are from underrepresented racial groups. Our research and program evaluation data has shown that postdocs use our program and its supported learning communities to have conversations with peers and facilitators that they are unable or uncomfortable having with their primary mentor, especially those postdocs from marginalized racial identities. This supplement to our parent award seeks to leverage our national reach, partnerships, and access to the postdoc population to promote inclusive mentoring spaces for postdoc trainees through creating or enhancing mentoring dialogues between postdocs and faculty. We propose to do this through two aims: Specific Aim 1: Improve mentoring relationships between postdocs and faculty mentors by integrating postdoc-led dialogue frameworks into each Postdoc Academy module and our PALS facilitator guide; Specific Aim 2: Improve faculty mentoring practices and their initiation of mentoring dialogues with postdocs through developing virtual resources targeting departments and training programs.