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Faculty to Faculty Mentoring Part II: Summer Sabbatical Program

Research Enrichment Core: Amy Wagler and Danielle Morales

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• Summer Sabbatical Description
• Hallmarks Addressed
• Evaluation of Hallmarks
• Program Results

Outline

• Who: Faculty at UTEP and Pipeline Institutions
• What: The Summer Sabbatical Research Program aims to

support faculty in developing new research skills and increase research collaborations among UTEP, Pipeline Partner, and Research Partner Institutions.

• Hallmarks: FAC-7, FAC-8, FAC-9, FAC-10, FAC-12

Supermentor Program Description

Supermentor Program

UTEP

Research Partner Pipeline Partner Research Partner UTEP Faculty Guest Faculty Host Pipeline Partner

Purpose

• Gain new research skills
• Establish a collaboration

Duration: 10 weeks Benefits

• Mentee receives $14,000 for travel, living expenses and honorarium
• Mentor receives $2,000 consulting stipend

Expectations: A research collaboration plan that includes:

• Plan for journal article submissions and/or
• Plan for grant proposal submission

Supermentor Details

• 4 cohorts (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19)
• 20 total mentor/mentee pairs
• Most collaborated on research publications
• Some focused on developing new skills in data analysis
• r laboratory procedures

Supermentor Details

Supermentor Program Hallmarks

• Hallmarks are found at:

https://www.nigms.nih.gov/training/dpc/Pages/success.aspx

• All hallmarks focus on:
• faculty research productivity
• securing of external funding
• building professional networks
• Evaluation was a mix of qualitative and survey data:
• Collaboration plans required at outset
• Both the mentees and the mentors were surveyed
• Progress reports were required mid-June, July, August

Hallmark Evaluation

During the Supermentor program, mentees are asked to return feedback on the following:

1) Please comprehensively describe your activities over the last three months. Include mention of:

1) email exchanges, 2) phone conversations, 3) implementation of the Feed Forward model for a grant proposal idea, 4)

• ther assistance with grant proposals,

5) journal articles reviewed, 6)

• r other activities in which you have engaged.

2) Discuss any problems that you have encountered. 3) Please describe your plans for the next three months in terms of the Summer Sabbatical program.

Evaluation team used responses in evaluation reports

Hallmark Evaluation

• Progress Reports

• Surveys were administered to mentors and mentees at

the end of the Supermentor program

Hallmark Evaluation-Final Surveys

Topics Questions Satisfaction

• Self-reported level of satisfaction with mentor/mentee experience
• Have you encountered any issues?
• Do you have any suggestions for improvements?

Research Productivity Any manuscripts submitted or published? Funding Any proposals submitted or awarded?

Evaluation team recorded numbers of publications, presentations, grant proposals and awards

• Sent personalized emails to mentee and mentor pairs two

times per year for:

• Updates on research manuscripts and
• Updates on grant proposals
• Required ORCHID ID for all research manuscripts and RFA

identifier for all grant proposals

Hallmark Evaluation-Research Products

• Increased number of faculty involved in mentoring or training

programs and collaborations.

• Consistently high levels of satisfaction reported:
• Products:
• 15 research publications as of Spring 2019
• Suggestions/changes:
• Increase the number of opportunities/resources for post-program team

interactions

Summer Sabbatical Results

6% 6% 6% 18% 94% 71% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Mentee (n=18) Mentor (n=17) Very Dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Very Satisfied

Questions? – Thank you!