title: Defining Attributes and Metrics of Effective Research Mentoring Relationships.
abstract: Despite evidence of mentoring's importance in training researchers, studies to date have not yet determined which mentoring relationships have the most impact and what specific factors in those mentoring relationships contribute to key outcomes, such as the commitment to and persistence in research career paths for emerging researchers from diverse populations. Efforts to broaden participation and persistence in biomedical research careers require an understanding of why and how mentoring relationships work and their impact, not only to research training but also to promoting career advancement. This paper proposes core attributes of effective mentoring relationships, as supported by the literature and suggested by theoretical models of academic persistence. In addition, both existing and developing metrics for measuring the effectiveness of these attributes within mentoring relationships across diverse groups are presented, as well as preliminary data on these metrics from the authors' work.
authors.affiliation: Mentor Training Core, National Research Mentoring Network, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. cepfund@wisc.edu.|Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. cepfund@wisc.edu.|Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. cepfund@wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pfund
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.|Center for Women's Health Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Byars-Winston
authors.affiliation: Mentor Training Core, National Research Mentoring Network, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.|Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.|Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement (WISCIENCE), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Branchaw
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hurtado
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.|Cooperative Institutional Research Program, University of California- Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eagan
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D000071252:Mentoring; D008611:Mentors; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education*
keywords: Mentee; Mentor; Mentoring; Metrics; Persistence