NCRR ARRA Development-Workforce Development

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Research Mentoring Skills
• Interventions: Other: Mentor Training

• Registration Number: NCT01184131
• Lead Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Brief Summary

The research proposed in this collaborative application Implementation and Evaluation of Formal Training for Mentors of K-Series Mentored Career Development Awards will uniquely study mentor training in the biomedical academic community. The randomized controlled trial will be conducted at 15 Clinical and Translational Science Award sites over a 21-month period with six months for baseline data collection, nine months for the intervention, three months for follow-up, and three months for analysis. The multi-site trial will be conducted to determine whether the resultant skills-focused, case-based, mentor training program can improve the mentoring skills of K series mentors.

Detailed Description

The trial will be conducted over a 21-month period with six months for baseline data collection, nine months for the intervention, three months for follow-up, and three months for analysis. The trial will be conducted to determine whether the resultant skills-focused, case-based, mentor training program can improve the mentoring skills of K series mentors. Our modified Wisconsin Mentoring Seminar Curriculum will consist of four 2-hour sessions administered within an 8-week period, using trained facilitators. Scholars will include all recipients of a K-Series Award at the 3 CTSA sites (e.g., K01, K08, K12, K23, K24, K99, KL2), who will be funded during the two-year cycle of this Administrative Supplement. We will randomly assign 300 K-award mentors of these scholars to a control group (n=150) or to the experimental intervention (n=150).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-09
• Study First Submitted: 2010-08-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-08-17
• Study First Posted: 2010-08-18
• Primary Completion: 2011-07
• Study Completion: 2011-09
• Status Verified: 2016-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-10-24
• Last Update Posted: 2016-10-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• Mentor of junior faculty, post doc or PhD student engaged in clinical or translational research Willingness to attend mentor training if assigned to intervention arm

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mentor Training	Mentor Training	The group that is randomized into the intervention group to attend Mentor Training Sessions.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improvement of Mentoring Skills (comprised of 6 key competencies).	6 months post intervention	Based on a summative score of the 26 items assessing global mentoring skills (section 3 of the pre/post instrument) for both mentors and mentees across both the control and intervention groups.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Increased Active Mentoring of the mentee	6 months post intervention	Based on a summative score of items in section 2 of the pre-post instrument addressing frequency of contact between mentor and mentee and the amount of review/feedback mentees receive on their grants or manuscripts for both mentors and mentees across both the control and intervention groups

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UW Madison; 🇺🇸 Madison, Wisconsin, United States