Developing & Enhancing Mentoring Relationships

This monthly series consists of 90-minute in-person workshops designed to prepare mentors and mentees to be effective and successful in their roles. Via presentation of evidence-based best practices, these sessions use an open discussion format, breakout groups, and hypothetical case scenarios as the impetus for participants to reflect on their own experiences in mentoring — as a mentee and/or as a mentor. Workshops are aligned with and guided by Northwestern’s Foundational Principles of Effective Faculty Mentoring (Intentional, Inclusive, Relational, Holistic).

Register for a Workshop (Required)

The workshops are open to faculty of all ranks and career tracks who hold appointments in the Feinberg School of Medicine or are members of NUCATS. In-person attendance will be capped at 40 participants.

The 2024-25 Developing and Enhancing Mentoring Relationships series will be held in-person on the second Thursday of the month from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Click here to register. Please note advance registration is required.

Certificate Program

Faculty may also seek to complete the Mentor Training Certificate Program (MTCP). To earn a certificate, faculty must participate in three required workshop sessions and three additional elective workshop sessions. Completion of the NUCATS Mentor Training Certificate Program fulfills NIH requirements for faculty mentors on T32 and other training grants. Learn more about the MTCP here.

View the 2024-2025 Schedule

TAPH Lecture: Mentoring the Mentors: NUCATS Programming, Assessment, and Outcomes

Mentoring in academic medicine has long been conceived of as both an expectation and “a given.” How mentoring is happening, if it is being done well, how it could be done differently, and how it can be improved have less often been explored. Director of NUCATS Mentoring Programs Kenzie Cameron, Ph.D., MPH, recently shared the innovative changes made to the mentoring programs offered through the NUCATS Institute and discussed the assessment and outcomes of current programs. The Translational Applications in Public Health lecture series is a collaboration between the Institute for Public Health and Medicine and the NUCATS Institute.

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Past Sessions

Please complete this brief form to request access to the mentoring workshop resources and recordings of past sessions.