Guidelines for Successful Mentor/Mentee
Relationships
It is important as you begin a mentor/mentee
relationship that you both talk about the type of guidelines there should
be for the relationship. Here are some suggestions with which you can
begin.
Guidelines for Mentees
Guidelines for Mentors
APS is pleased to announce its partnership with
MentorNet, an award-winning one-on-one mentoring program.
All APS trainee members are eligible to
participate as proteges.
All APS members and all physiologists are eligible
to participate as mentors. Please consider signing up for the mentoring
program and take advantage of this great opportunity.
To sign up:
Go to
http://www.MentorNet.net and follow this 2-step process:
1) Join the Community: Click on “Join” and register.
2) Create a One-on-One Program profile: Sign in to the community and
follow the One-on-One Mentoring Program links and create either a mentor
or protege profile.
MATCHING: Once a protégé creates a protégé
profile, she/he is presented with the profiles (minus identifying
information) of up to 5 potential mentors. The protégé then can choose
one of these mentors or ask MentorNet to make the match automatically
for her/him. If after two weeks, the protégé has not chosen or asked
MentorNet to choose, MentorNet will attempt to automatically match
her/him with a mentor.
The mentor and protégé both express preferences on their profiles for
the characteristics of their partner (school attended, educational
level, gender and more). The matching program takes into account each
person's preferences when assessing and making matches.
SUPPORT: As a structured e-mentoring program, MentorNet provides program
support to mentors and protégés to help them make the most of their
experience. MentorNet has posted a training guide on the web site and
has developed web-based interactive training tutorials that take mentors
through some common mentoring situations.
In addition, after they are matched, mentors and protégés will receive
coaching in the form of weekly or biweekly (depending on their
educational level) email discussion suggestions for the entire 8 months
of their official MentorNet relationship. These messages will contain
suggestions that address initiating and sustaining a successful
e-mentoring relationship.
Although the coaching messages provide initiative for the mentoring
pairs to stay in contact, MentorNet also encourages participants to
contact MentorNet staff for help with connecting/reconnecting with their
partner or assistance with other difficulties.
Join
MentorNet Now!
