Celebration of Mentoring at MGH

Celebration of Mentoring at MGH
“Making Mentorship Matter”
Simches 3.110 Lg Conf Room
Simches Research Building

The Center for Faculty Development celebrated the vibrant mentoring culture at MGH. This event recognized recipients of 2023 departmental, MGH-wide, and Harvard mentoring awards. In particular, the winners of the 2023 CFD Excellence in Mentoring Awards were announced.

The celebration included a keynote presentation “Making Mentorship Matter” by Angela Byars-Winston, PhD, Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

12:00-12:30 pm EST (11:00-11:30 am CST) – Mentoring Efforts and Awards
12:30-1:30 pm EST (11:30 am-12:30 pm CST) – Keynote Lecture

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants were able to:

• Develop intentions to apply evidence-based research mentoring competencies to better align mentorship expectations and promote mentee professional development.
• Explain how cultural diversity can impact – complicate and benefit – research mentoring relationships.
• Describe evidence-based mentorship education to improve culturally responsive mentoring relationships.
• Examine strategies for advancing mentorship ecosystems that are effective beyond individual mentors and mentees.

Target Audience: This activity is intended for faculty and faculty trainees.
Course Director: Darshan H. Mehta, MD, MPH, Office for Well-Being; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Keynote speaker: Angela Byars-Winston, PhD, Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr. Angela Byars-Winston conducts diversity science research on cultural and organizational influences on career development and effective mentorship of college students and early career faculty in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). She is Principal Investigator in the NIH National Research Mentoring Network leading the Culturally Aware Mentorship (CAM) initiative. She chaired the National Academies of Sciences’ 2019 consensus study report, The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM, and is a current appointed member of the NIH National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council. Dr. Byars-Winston is the 2022 recipient of the Outstanding Educator for Innovation in Mentorship Research Award from the Association of Clinical and Translational Science, a 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award honoree from San Diego State University, and the inaugural Chair of the Institute for Diversity Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

ACCREDITATION

In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsoring of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs. 1 Continuing Education (CE) credit is awarded.