Overview of Networks & Communities of Practice
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Mentorship Educators & Advocates – Sharing Models, Opportunities and Challenges
CIMER strives to empower individuals to connect with others about challenges and opportunities that they encounter in their mentoring relationships and leadership efforts to build cultures of mentorship in the research workforce.
My NRMN online groups
Originally developed during the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Phase I grant (2014-2019), these online communities are for individuals interested in implementing our mentorship training curricula. We invite you tojoin these groups to learn more about the curricula, seek implementation advice, and share best practices.
Research Mentor Training
- MyNRMN Facilitators of Entering Mentoring (research mentor training)
- My NRMN Facilitators of Culturally Aware Mentoring (Level 2)
Research Mentee Training
Communities of Practice
In the coming years, CIMER and its collaborators will host a number of communities of practice (CoPs) that provide members with access to information and people committed to advancing the science and practice of mentorship.
- A community including clinical and translational scientists, mentorship experts, practitioners, scholars and institutional leaders from across career stages who are interested in advancing the science and practice of mentorship in the clinical and translational research sciences and beyond.
- Link: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/ctsacop/home
Interested in starting a Community of Practice?
Please email us at cimer@wicer.wisc.edu with the subject line, “Networks & Communities of Practice”.
CIMER Newsletter
Our team curates a newsletter to support the advancement of mentoring research and practice. The audience is faculty, staff and administrators who are facilitators of our research mentor and mentee training curricula and leaders who are engaged in culture change efforts at their institutions. We share news, research, and learning opportunities to support the development of robust cultures of research mentorship across the country.
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Finding Mentors and Mentees
There are a number of organizations and online platforms that have been established specifically to help connect interested mentors and mentees. The list below is not an exhaustive one. Please email us at cimer@wicer.wisc.edu with the subject line, “Networks & Communities of Practice”.
MentorNet
- MentorNet is a platform for mentoring that combines the technology of social networks with the social science of mentoring. The platform strategically matches STEM students and professionals in compatible mentoring relationships, delivers evidence-based programs that address the issues impacting retention and success in STEM fields, and conducts controlled studies and evaluation to identify and verify factors that impact student success.
- Link: https://greatmindsinstem.org/mentornet/
National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN)
- NRMN connects mentor and mentee scientists at all career stages of research from across the country.
- Link: https://nrmnet.net/mynrmn/
American Public Health Association (APHA) Disability Section Mentoring Program
- This program aims to strengthen the public health workforce and improve representation of people with disabilities and allies in leadership.
- Link: https://www.disabilitysectionmentoring.org/
American Psychological Association (APA) Disability Mentoring Program
- This program supports graduate psychology students, psychologists entering the field and practicing psychologists with disabilities.
- Link: https://www.apa.org/pi/disability/resources/mentoring
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Entry Point!
- This program engages STEM employers across industries to place individuals with disabilities into 10-week long internships.
- Link: https://www.aaas.org/programs/entry-point