General Resources


Functional mentoring

  • Functional Mentoring: A Practical Approach With Multilevel Outcomes. Thorndyke LE, Gusic ME, Milner RJ. J Contin Educ Health Prof 28: 157-64 (2008). Journal link; PMID: 18712800

Guidance for mentees and mentors

  • Making the most of mentors: a guide for mentees. Zerzan J, Hess H, Schur E, Phillips RS, Rigotti N. Acad Med 84: 140-144 (2009). Journal link; PMID: 19116494
    An excellent guide to mentoring from the perspective of the mentee.
  • Academic mentoring-how to give it and how to get it. Detsky AS, Baerlocher MO. JAMA 297: 2134-6 (2007). Journal link; PMID: 17507350
    Succinct guidance for both mentors & mentees.
  • Defining the ideal qualities of mentorship: a qualitative analysis of the characteristics of outstanding mentors. Cho CS, Ramanan RA, Feldman MD. Am J Med 124: 453-458 (2011). PMID: 21531235

Mentoring in academic medicine

  • Mentoring: what's in a name? Sambunjak D, Marusic A. JAMA 302: 2591-2 (2009). Journal link; PMID: 20009061
  • Mentoring in academic medicine: a systematic review. Sambunjak D, Straus SE, Marusic A. JAMA 296: 1103-15 (2006). Journal link; PMID: 16954490
  • A systematic review of qualitative research on the meaning and characteristics of mentoring in academic medicine. Sambunjak D, Straus SE, Marusic A. J Gen Intern Med 25: 72-78 (2010). Journal link; PMID: 19924490
  • Mentoring at work: developmental relationships in organizational life. Kram KE. Scott, Foresman, Chicago (1985).
  • Faculty success though mentoring: A guide for mentors, mentees, and leaders. Bland CJ, Taylor AL, Shollen SL, Weber-Main AM, Mulcahy PA. Rowman & Littlefield (2010).
  • Mentoring in Academic Medicine: The current state of practice and evidence-based alternatives. Fox S, Corrice A: Faculty Forward: Ideas in Practice AAMC. Results of AAMC Faculty Forward
  • Mentoring programs for physicians in academic medicine: a systematic review. Kashiwagi DT, Varkey P, Cook DA. Acad Med 88: 1029-37 (2013). Journal link; PMID: 23702518
  • Mentoring translational science investigators. Fleming M, Burnham EL, Huskins WC.JAMA 308: 1981-2 (2012). Journal link; PMID: 23168821
  • Mentoring programs for underrepresented minority faculty in academic medical centers: a systematic review of the literature. Beech BM, Calles-Escandon J, Hairston KG, Langdon SE, Latham-Sadler BA, Bell RA. Acad Med 88: 541-9 (2013). Journal link; PMID: 23425989

Mentoring competencies

  • Deriving competencies for mentors of clinical and translational scholars. Abedin Z, Biskup E, Silet K, Garbutt JM, Kroenke K, Feldman MD, McGee R, Fleming M, Pincus HA. Clin Transl Sci 5: 273-280 (2012). Journal link; PMID: 22686206
  • Definition of the competencies of effective mentors: although targeted to mentors of scholars in clinical and translational research, many of the competencies apply broadly to mentoring.
  • The Mentoring Competency Assessment: validation of a new instrument to evaluate skills of research mentors. Fleming M, House S, Hanson VS, Yu L, Garbutt J, McGee R, Kroenke K, Abedin Z, Rubio DM. Acad Med 88: 1002-8 (2013). Journal link; PMID: 23702534
    • The assessment measures mentoring competencies in six areas: the instrument is available online.