PathSoc Academic Mentoring Scheme
The PathSoc Academic Mentoring Scheme offers a supportive relationship to help early-career researchers through the good and bad times from the outset of a clinical academic career. Launched in 2018, the scheme has since produced many successful mentor-mentee connections. The scheme is aimed at foundation doctors up to clinical lecturers (or equivalent) as mentees and from clinical lecturers up to senior academics as mentors. The matching process aims to pair mentees with mentors who have relevant and appropriate senior experience, in addition to complimentary interests.
Benefits of a mentoring relationship
PathSoc recognises the challenges of an academic career. To generate high quality research, having a network and support structure around you is essential. Receiving impartial advice from someone with relevant experience can help in many aspects of the academic journey:
- Identifying a research group, research area or project
- Balancing academia with clinical work or family commitments
- Applying for grants, fellowships or research positions
- Presenting or publishing your work
- Navigating a dedicated period of research such as a PhD
- Developing your CV and progressing to the next stage in your career
- Feeling fed up or struggling with an aspect of your work
This may be an informal relationship or can be a more formal arrangement. You may have a single mentor for all discussions or develop multiple relationships where you seek advice for different aspects of your work.
How to sign up
Email us at operations@pathsoc.org with the subject title ‘PathSoc Mentoring’ to start the registration process or find out more.