Mentorship in graduate training: the evidence-based approach
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Mentorship in graduate training: the evidence-based approach
Lehana ThabaneProfessor of Biostatistics
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Disclosure and Confidentiality
• No financial COI to declare
• As a professor, I get academic credit by giving workshops like this
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My track-record in mentorship❑ Over 70 PhD/MSc students (past and current) as the main supervisor
❑ At least 40 receiving some awards, scholarships or fellowships under his supervision,
❑ Over 200 MSc/PhD students (past and current) as a thesis committee member;
❑ 10 junior faculty mentees of whom
❑ 6 received career awards from CIHR or HHS, and
❑ 4 received CIHR RCT mentorship awards
❑ Mentor, CIHR HIV CTN international Fellowship program
✓ Botswana, Cameroon, Uganda, Zambia, Lesotho, South Africa
❑ Co-I/Mentor, ADAPT (African Development of AIDS Prevention Trials Capacities) program
❑ Over 100 informal mentees around the world
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❑ The CE&B Teaching Excellence Award (2004-2006) and
❑ The FHS Graduate Supervision Award in 2012,
❑ The 2016 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship to provide research mentorship to the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
❑ Co-PI/mentor: DSECT (Drug Safety and Effectiveness Cross-Disciplinary Training) Program✓ CIHR funded program
❑ PI/Co-I, over 200 funded national and international studies
✓ Over $300 millions
✓ Over 800 publications (with about 50% as led by mentees)
❑ Taken formal training on mentorship
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My track-record in global and multi-cultural mentorship
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Learning Objectives
1) What is mentorship?
2) Why mentorship?
3) How to: What mentors can do for their mentees?
4) How to: What mentees do for themselves?
5) What to do when the relationship go sour?
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What is mentorship?
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Mentor [n]
1. trusted counselor or guide;
2. a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus
[Latin, from Greek word Mentōr]
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Synonyms for mentor
✓coach ✓counsel ✓lead✓guide ✓pilot ✓shepherd ✓tutor
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A mentor can play many roles
simultaneously or at different times
during your career
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Key attributes of best mentors
✓ Competence✓ Respect✓ Power/Influence✓ Experience✓ Political Acceptance✓ Honesty✓ Trust✓ Patience ✓ Humility✓ Good judgment
Good traits✓ Nurturing✓ Adaptable✓ Proactive✓ Encouraging✓ Committed✓ Considerate✓ Responsible✓ Respectful✓ Unselfish✓ Objective
Good behaviors
Track Record as Mentor
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Gordon Guyatt’s attributes of a good mentor
✓ objectivity, disinterested– keep yourself out of it
✓ unselfishness– commitment
✓ good judgment– wisdom
✓ highly skilled– productive
✓ patience
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What Mentoring Isn’t(Giacomini M. Faculty Mentoring in the Department of Clinical
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University. May 15, 2007)
❑ Insurance✓Mentors don’t ensure the success of the Mentee’s
own work✓Mentors don’t compensate for the Mentee’s own work
❑ Supervision✓Mentoring is based on mutual respect and
understanding✓Relationship can be stopped if not working
❑ Indefinite relationship✓Mentoring period should have beginning, middle and
end
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I strongly believe in mentorship
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Most critical characteristic of an ideal mentor
The decision to be a mentor
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✓Why mentorship?
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The root causes of inequality in our society are structural, institutional, cultural, and psychosocial—and
have nothing to do with merit or behaviour
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There is empirical evidence showing the existence of
gender bias in many areas of academic medicine
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The purpose of this review was to evaluate temporal trends in representation of women as authors in heart failure RCTs published in high-impact medical journals
and explore RCT characteristics associated with women as lead authors
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Women are under-representedas lead authors of HF RCTs, with no change in temporal
trends
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Cardiology is most likely not the only area where
this bias exists
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The study surveyed National Institutes of Health (NIH) Mentored Career Development (K) grant awardees to determine
if sponsorship differs among men and women.
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“Given that sponsorship appears common and is associated with success, further attention to gender equity in this regard is critical. Male and female mentors alike
should consciously act as sponsors by reviewing opportunities and offering high-profile opportunities to mentees. Mentees should seek connections with higher-level leaders to
cultivate sponsors as part of their mentorship team…”
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Deliberate mentorship is one potential solution to
address this gap
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Where is the evidence to support the potential benefits of mentorship?
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❑ Greater career satisfaction❑ More research productivity:✓ More grants and more publications;✓ More protected time for research
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❑ Faster academic promotion❑ Enhanced retention❑ It impacts mentors as well
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What are the attributes of effective mentors and mentees?❑ 4 studies explored mentees
o Mentees should be in the ‘driver’s seat’o Respectful, organised, committed
❑ 6 studies explored mentorso Personal: altruistic, understanding, honest, nonjudgmental,
active listener, motivatoro Relational: accessible, sincere, compatibleo Professional: knowledgeable and experienced
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What are the actions of an effective mentors?❑ Personal✓ Providing moral support✓ Addressing private/personal issues✓ Goal setting/vision building✓ Role modeling✓ Developing skills✓ Career monitoring✓ Navigating the institution✓ Connecting/networking
❑ Institutional✓ Protection and advocacy
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How to approach mentorship: strategies for mentors
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Make your mentees a priority and let it be
known!
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Improve your own time-management skills
Provide timely feedback on manuscripts✓ Endless # of readings and revisions
Set time to meet with them regularly and timely
Be prepared to help them practice their presentations, and provide constructive
feedback
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Get them involved in your research, REB, DSMB meetings
Write letters of recommendations or nomination for awards
Get them involved in reviewing manuscripts and grants
Provide some resources to facilitate research for them
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Remember that as a mentor, you are expected to be a
role model!
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Show them by example how to model collegial, fair,
equitable, caring, diverse, nurturing, and inclusive
behaviours including how to share credit
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How to mentor: strategies for mentees
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I share this advice with all my mentees at the beginning
of our relationship to advance all their self-
efficacy
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First:Adopt Some core
principles for success
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Principle #1: Think Collaboration!
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Statistician
Public health specialists
Physiotherapists
Patient Reps
Epidemiologist
Cardiologists, surgeons &
neurologists
Primary Care Physicians Ethicist
Improving CVD outcomes through
interventional research and evidence-based
practice/policy
Health Economists
Students
Policy Makers
Every project is a collaboration with colleagues from different backgrounds and disciplines
Community Nurses
Pharmacist
Funders
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Benefits of collaboration
❑ It’s more fun than doing it alone
❑ Learn from your colleagues
❑ Gain life-long friends
❑ Good for your CV—More collaborative publications
❑ Gain experience in collaborative research, equity, diversity, inclusion
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Principle #2:“You can
always behaveyourself to a successful outcome”
Dave SackettFounding Father of EBM
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There is power in positive thinking!Stay hopeful!
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Principle #3: Make deliberate effort to improve your soft skills
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Time management
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Goal setting Stress management
Communication skillsPeople management
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Principle #4 Be Kind and generous to
others!
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Remember “you are because
they are!
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These principles are also essential pillars in building and nurturing a collegial, equitable, equal, diverse,
and inclusive culture
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Second:Thesis writing—your
approach is the key to success!
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Writing a thesis can feel like a mammoth task
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Focus on writing papers—one at a time
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Success breeds success
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Courtney Kennedy took about 4 years to do the PhD thesis
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George Ioannidis did 4 papers for PhD in our program: Took 3 years doing it part-time
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They need to take specific deliberate steps to succeed
at this!
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Step #1:
Set goals early and devise strategies to achieve them
Clear goals provide the basis for defining
“success”
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Dave’s determinants of success✓ Mentoring—get a mentor✓ Regular use of priority checklist✓ Good time management skills
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Step #2:Protect time each week for writing
Need to avoid email and Phone
disruptions
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Step #3:Find a place conducive for productive
writing
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Step #4:Write it down: Always start witha)An abstract or synopsisb)An outline
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Structure of a protocol synopsis: General Format
❑ Background✓ provide a brief overview of the study background and context
❑ Objectives/aims✓ state the primary and secondary objectives of the study
❑ Intervention/program description (if applicable)✓ for evaluation studies, include brief details of the programme/intervention
under investigation ❑ Setting
✓ indicate the study setting (hospital, clinic, community). Also include the level of the clinical area (for example, primary or tertiary; private practice or instructional)
❑ Design/Methods✓ describe study design and methods, including dates of data collection,
eligibility criteria, sample size justification, sampling method, outcome/variable description, methods of data collection and analysis
❑ Relevance of the study✓ state the relevance or potential usefulness of the results of the study
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Step #5:❑Use conferences to present only the works that
you plan to publish❑Use conference presentation or poster as a
starting point
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Step #6:Produce a complete draft before editing or
revising
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Third:Strengthen your CV
✓ Enhance chances of getting awards✓ Enhance your research productivity
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Enhance your chances of getting academic “Oscars”
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FHS Publication Award, 2020
FHS Diversity Award, 2020
FHS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, 2020
HSGSF Excellence in Open Communication and Collaboration award, 2020
Drug Safety and Effectiveness Cross-Disciplinary Training (DSECT)
Trainee Award, 2017
Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) Fellowship, 2019
Tim Murray Award, 2018
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2016, 2018, 2019
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Some practical strategies to enhance your research
productivity: All worked for my trainees
through deliberate planning or trial-and-error
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Strategy #1:
Every stage of the planning of a study should yield at least onepaper
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Example 1: The effects of treatments for actute diarrhea and acute gastroenteritis in children
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Example 2: WelTel Kenya 1 Trial
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Example 3: Pilot trials
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Example 4: This can be done for type of study
Mixed methods Observational studies
IPD meta-analysis
Systematic survey of the literature
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Strategy # 2:
Plan to multiply the opportunities
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Manuscripts: Protocol paper of the systematic review Results paper for the systematic review Protocol paper for the study Results paper for the study Qualitative results paper to supplement quantitative work
Presentations at a professional meeting Local presentation in Department/Faculty National meeting International meeting
Use 5-3 Rule
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Dr Lawrence Mbuagbaw
✓ CIHR HIV Clinical Trials Network International Fellowship: Training and mentorship in HIV trials
✓ CAMPS (Cameroon Mobile Phone SMS) Trial had excellent output
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That’s 14 manuscripts and still counting…
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Through collaborations,
Britt has now co-authored over
50 manuscripts and still counting…
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Strategy #3:
For every study, look for opportunities to use the
data to write more papers for publication
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Strategy # 4:
Every research process or experience is worth
sharing
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Papers based on my mentor-mentee relationships
Papers based on challenges in studies
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Strategy #5:
Be a good “citizen”—mentor and collaborate with others
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All my graduate students have a responsibility and the
opportunity to mentor others
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For example, in 2017, I had 4 invited plenary
presentations at different places and these led to many
opportunities for my mentees and 8 publications
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Invited talk at the Stockholm Conference 2017 on “Intervention Research: Premises, Challenges, and Revisiting positions”
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Invited talk at the National Academy of Sciences 2017 Arthur M Sackler Colloquia on “Reproducibility of Research: Issues and Proposed Remedies” held in Washington DC
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Invited talk at the NIH Panel Discussion on ““Development of Comparator Groups in Behavioral and Social Science Clinical
Trials” held in Washington DC 2017
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Invited talk at the first symposium on “Clinical Research in Brazil: Not for Beginners” held on November 30-December 1, 2017 at UNESP in
Botucatu, Sao Paolo
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What to do when mentorship gets sour?
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❑ Mentee does not need your help as much
❑ Mentee becoming a colleague
❑ Cultural issues of age/authority/gender❑weight of prior relationship
❑ Former mentee becoming source of advice, guidance, counsel
All relationships go through transitions
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Changing Relationships: warning from Gordon Guyatt
Possible experience of mentor❑ mentee thinks she’s smarter
than I am❑ mentee is smarter than I am❑ mentee right, I’m wrong❑ mentee isn’t listening to me❑ mentee doesn’t want my advice❑ lack of appreciation/gratitude
Feelings of mentor❑ threatened❑ competitive❑ hurt❑ angry
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Possible experience of mentee
❑I’m doing the work, mentor getting credit
❑mentor not sharing opportunities sufficiently
❑mentor being competitive
❑mentor not appreciating/valuing
❑mentor feeling hurto anger
Mentee’s possible feelings
❑ disappointment❑ bewilderment❑ competitiveness❑ hurt
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Gordon Guyatt’s possible solutions
❑Terminate at transition
❑ Alertness to COI
✓explicit labeling
❑ Alertness to emotional traps
✓opportunity for personal growth
❑ Humility - advice from others
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In short…
❑Have an exit or transition strategy❑Stay alert to COI or emotional
traps❑Stay humble, and ask for help
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Other Things to Consider
❑Mentoring is about facilitating career growth
❑Have realistic expectations – no one is perfect
❑Draw lessons from own experiences and failures
❑Multiple mentors can be useful
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Additional resources
❑http://www.mentorshipacademicmedicine.com
❑Companion website for
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A huge thank you to
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