A 60-minute workshop for faculty and research officers mentoring graduate students and postdoc researchers in Science and Engineering and the Health Sciences.

Are you searching for ways to assess how well your mentees are understanding the core concepts and processes of your discipline? Do you want to learn strategies to assess and address any lack of understanding your colleagues have used with mentees that have worked well? Join fellow research mentors for a conversation on ways to assess your mentee’s understanding of the discipline, especially of core research concepts, led by CTL facilitators trained by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER).

Determining whether our mentees understand the content and processes of our disciplines is not easy, yet doing so is critical for a productive mentoring relationship. Through facilitated discussions and case studies, we will collectively surface multiple strategies that you can use to identify potential causes for when mentees struggle with understanding and how to address them accordingly.

In this session, research mentors will explore how to:

1. Assess their mentees’ understanding of core concepts and processes, including possible reasons for a lack of understanding.
2. Use multiple strategies to enhance mentee understanding.

Unable to join us for this discussion on mentoring? Schedule a consultation to discuss your mentoring questions, or find other opportunities on the Advancing Mentorship Practices: Supporting Mentors of Graduate Students and Postdocs at Columbia website.

Columbia University makes every effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities. Contact [email protected] or 212.854.1692 for accommodations.

This event may be photographed. If this is an online event, CTL staff may take screenshots. For concerns, contact [email protected].