National Leadership Workshop on Mentoring Women in Biomedical Careers

• About the Workshop
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• Planning Committee
• Final Agenda
• Posters
• Table-Talk
• Concurrent Workshops
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Workshop Session IV:  Logic Model for Evaluating Mentoring

Chair: Joseph West, Sc.D., President, Westwell Group, Consulting and Research
Co-Chair: Jeanne Sinkford, D.D.S., Ph.D. Associate Executive Director and Director of the Center for Equity and Diversity, American Dental Education Association

Background

Mentoring has become a major item of interest related to the recruitment and retention of dental faculty. In fact, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) published a President’s Commission Report on mentoring in 2004.*

ADEA is currently involved in two major grants that include mentoring components in both recruitment and career advancement: Minority Dental Faculty Development Program with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Connections with the Pipeline Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The evaluation tool that is being used in one of these minority-directed programs could be of value to the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs directed toward the mentoring of women in biomedical careers.

Proposed

An Interactive Working Group Session

Format

Registrants will sign up as groups and function as three problem-solving “teams”. A professional facilitator* will be used.

Objective

The “teams” will each work in groups using hypothetical program objectives that serve as the basis for the development of logic models that will be used to evaluate their women’s program. The three “teams” will share the elements of their logic models. A composite model (tool) will emerge from the discussions that occurred within the three separate teams.

Outcome

The composite model will include the interests and expertise of the individuals in the separate groups. The composite model will serve as a useful instrument (tool) for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of women’s programs at the parent institution or within their professional or corporate organizations. The interactive sessions will be both enlightening and instructive as various elements of program design and evaluation are considered. Attendees will emerge with a valuable “take home” tool that will be of use to them at their home base. Outcomes of this session are expected to be included in the conference proceedings and made available to others who do not attend the conference.

**Dr. Joseph West, Westwell Group, Chicago, Illinois (Dr. West is a consultant to WKKF and to ADEA. He will work with Drs. Sinkford and Brunson at ADEA to develop content for the session.)

*Friedman PK, et al. Report of the President’s Commission on Mentoring. Journal of Dental Education. 68(3):390-3966, March 2004.

 

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