title: Mentoring international research ethics trainees: identifying best practices.
abstract: Mentoring is an important component of training in the basic and clinical sciences due to the increasing complexities associated with establishing a career. Data relating to 466 long-term trainees in research ethics training programs were obtained from the Fogarty International Center's database. Data were supplemented with survey data (n = 17) and telephone interviews (n = 10) of the 21 principal investigators whose programs offered long-term training. The programs most successful with mentoring involved (1) the provision of an orientation for the trainees at the commencement of training; (2) a highly structured process of mentoring that required regular meetings and task achievement timelines; (3) intensive, frequent contact with the PI; and (4) support with personal issues that were troublesome to trainees. This paper is part of a collection of papers analyzing the Fogarty International Center's International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development program.
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University (USA).
authors.forename: Sana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loue
authors.forename: Bebe
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Loff
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D032984:Ethics, Research / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008611:Mentors; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development; D012106:Research / Q000193:education*