Sorkness Christine A, Pfund Christine, Ofili Elizabeth O, Okuyemi Kolawole S, Vishwanatha Jamboor K, Zavala Maria Elena, Pesavento Theresa, Fernandez Mary, Tissera Anthony, Deveci Alp, Javier Damaris, Short Alexis, Cooper Paige, Jones Harlan, Manson Spero, Buchwald Dedra, Eide Kristin, Gouldy Andrea, Kelly Erin, Langford Nicole, McGee Richard, Steer Clifford, Unold Thad, Weber-Main Anne Marie, Báez Adriana, Stiles Jonathan, Pemu Priscilla, Thompson Winston, Gwathmey Judith, Lawson Kimberly, Johnson Japera, Hall Meldra, Paulsen Douglas, Fouad Mona, Smith Ann, Luna Rafael, Wilson Donald, Adelsberger Greg, Simenson Drew, Cook Abby, Feliu-Mojer Monica, Harwood Eileen, Jones Amy, Branchaw Janet, Thomas Stephen, Butz Amanda, Byars-Winston Angela, House Stephanie, McDaniels Melissa, Quinn Sandra, Rogers Jenna, Spencer Kim, Utzerath Emily, Womack Veronica
1Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705 USA.
2Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA.
BMC Proc. 2017 Dec 4;11(Suppl 12):22. doi: 10.1186/s12919-017-0083-8. eCollection 2017.
Effective mentorship is critical to the success of early stage investigators, and has been linked to enhanced mentee productivity, self-efficacy, and career satisfaction. The mission of the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) is to provide all trainees across the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences with evidence-based mentorship and professional development programming that emphasizes the benefits and challenges of diversity, inclusivity, and culture within mentoring relationships, and more broadly the research workforce. The purpose of this paper is to describe the structure and activities of NRMN.
NRMN serves as a national training hub for mentors and mentees striving to improve their relationships by better aligning expectations, promoting professional development, maintaining effective communication, addressing equity and inclusion, assessing understanding, fostering independence, and cultivating ethical behavior. Training is offered in-person at institutions, regional training, or national meetings, as well as via synchronous and asynchronous platforms; the growing training demand is being met by a cadre of NRMN Master Facilitators. NRMN offers career stage-focused coaching models for grant writing, and other professional development programs. NRMN partners with diverse stakeholders from the NIH-sponsored Diversity Program Consortium (DPC), as well as organizations outside the DPC to work synergistically towards common diversity goals. NRMN offers a virtual portal to the Network and all NRMN program offerings for mentees and mentors across career development stages. NRMNet provides access to a wide array of mentoring experiences and resources including MyNRMN, Guided Virtual Mentorship Program, news, training calendar, videos, and workshops. National scale and sustainability are being addressed by NRMN "Coaches-in-Training" offerings for more senior researchers to implement coaching models across the nation. "Shark Tanks" provide intensive review and coaching for early career health disparities investigators, focusing on grant writing for graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, and junior faculty.
Partners from diverse perspectives are building the national capacity and sparking the institutional changes necessary to truly diversify and transform the biomedical research workforce. NRMN works to leverage resources towards the goals of sustainability, scalability, and expanded reach.
有效的导师指导对早期研究人员的成功至关重要，且与提高学员的生产力、自我效能感和职业满意度相关。国家研究指导网络（NRMN）的使命是为生物医学、行为学、临床和社会科学领域的所有学员提供基于证据的导师指导和专业发展计划，该计划强调导师关系中多样性、包容性和文化的益处与挑战，以及更广泛的研究人员队伍。本文旨在描述NRMN的结构和活动。
NRMN作为一个全国性的培训中心，为导师和学员服务，他们努力通过更好地协调期望、促进专业发展、保持有效沟通、解决公平与包容问题、评估理解情况、培养独立性和培养道德行为来改善他们的关系。培训通过在机构内进行面对面培训、区域培训或全国性会议，以及通过同步和异步平台提供；不断增长的培训需求由一批NRMN高级培训师来满足。NRMN为资助申请撰写提供以职业阶段为重点的指导模式，以及其他专业发展计划。NRMN与美国国立卫生研究院赞助的多样性计划联盟（DPC）的不同利益相关者以及DPC以外的组织合作，协同努力实现共同的多样性目标。NRMN为处于不同职业发展阶段的学员和导师提供一个网络虚拟门户以及所有NRMN计划。NRMNet提供广泛的指导经验和资源，包括MyNRMN、引导式虚拟指导计划、新闻、培训日历、视频和研讨会。NRMN通过为更资深的研究人员提供“培训中的教练”服务来实现全国范围的覆盖和可持续性，以便在全国实施指导模式。“鲨鱼缸”为早期职业健康差异研究人员提供强化评审和指导，重点是为研究生、博士后学员和初级教员撰写资助申请。
来自不同视角的合作伙伴正在建设国家能力，并引发机构变革，以真正实现生物医学研究人员队伍的多样化和转型。NRMN努力利用资源实现可持续性、可扩展性和扩大覆盖范围的目标。
