Mentoring | Emory School of Medicine

A robust mentorship program is a cornerstone for faculty success, offering guidance, support, and opportunities for growth. It helps faculty navigate the academic landscape and also fosters a sense of community and collaboration within the department.

Peer Mentoring

Looking for guidance, support, and a community that understands your journey? Our Peer Mentoring Groups are here to help! Whether you're navigating teaching challenges, career decisions, or personal growth, these site-specific groups offer:
Collaborative Learning: Share insights and strategies in a supportive environment.

Networking Opportunities: Build lasting relationships with peers and professionals.

Skill Development: Enhance your skills through meetings, discussions, and resources.

Contact us for more information on group locations and how to sign up.

One-on-One Mentoring

In this traditional mentoring model, an established mentor serves to guide an early stage mentee along their career path. These can be formal or informal relationships, pre-assigned pairings by a department or self-selected by the mentee. Need assistance in finding a mentor?

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Mentoring Tools and Resources

Mentoring Agreement - Sets up initial ground rules/foundation for a mentor/mentee partnership.
Individual Development Plan - The IDP serves as a roadmap to help you achieve your short- and long-term professional and personal goals.
Mentoring Worksheet - For use by the mentee to prepare for review of goals and career conference report. Complete at Career Conference Report meeting and give to Division Director
PATHS - Helps guide you through additional learning opportunities to aid in your career progression. These guidelines detail suggested targeted accomplishments towards promotion with a specific time frame. Each PATH is divided by career year(s) into best practices and academic mission areas. Useful for mentees and mentors.
Roadmap to Mentoring - Sample timeline for first year faculty position

Mentoring Moment Videos

This video series highlights previous departmental mentoring award winners as well as mentoring best practices.

Celebration of 2023 Shanthi Sitaraman Silver Pear Mentoring Award

Noble Maleque, MD, (Hospital Medicine) talks with Jennifer Spicer, MD, (Infectious Diseases), who nominated the winner of the 2023 Shanthi Sitaraman Silver Pear Mentoring Award, Wendy Armstrong, MD, (Infectious Diseases). Drs. Spicer and Armstrong talk about the characteristics of a good mentor and the joys of mentorship.

Celebration of the 2023 Silver Pear Mentoring Award for Research

This video celebrates Thomas Ziegler, MD (Endocrinology Metabolism and Lipids), the 2023 recipient of the Sitaraman Silver Pear Mentoring Award for Research. Pamela Vohra-Khullar, MD, FACP, (General Internal Medicine) talks with Dr. Ziegler and his mentee, Jessica Alvarez, PhD, RD, (Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids), about the benefits of mentorship and advice for mentees and mentors.

Celebration of the 2022 Sitaraman Research Mentoring Award

This video celebrates Michael Woodworth, MD (Infectious Diseases), the winner of the 2022 Sitaraman Research Mentoring Award. Ugochi Ohuabunwa, MD (Geriatrics and Gerontology) talks with Dr. Woodworth and his mentee, Ahmed Babiker, MD (Infectious Diseases), about the benefits of mentorship and advice for mentees and mentors.

Addressing Equity and Inclusion as a Mentor

J. Sonya Haw, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids, Associate Program Director of the Endocrinology Fellowship, and the Medical Director of the Gender Center at Grady Memorial Hospital and Modele Ogunniyi, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology and the Associate Medical Director of the Grady Heart Failure Program discuss how to address Equity and Inclusion as a Mentor.

Shanthi V. Sitaraman Silver Pear Mentoring Award

Each year, faculty are eligible to receive the Shanthi V. Sitaraman Silver Pear Mentoring Award, which recognizes faculty who have demonstrated outstanding mentorship to early career faculty.

Faculty Awards Program

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Mentoring in the Department of Medicine