Happy Summer, everyone! The NRMN team has been working diligently to bring new and improved features to the MyNRMN platform. When you are on the platform, we want to ensure you have everything you need from CV/ Resume creation to participate in our many courses. For the June Enhancements and Highlights, we want to remind you of our culturally responsive mentorship program, MyMentor, and touch on all the courses we offer in MyNRMN, such as Unconscious Bias and Launching Research Part 1 and Part 2!
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MyMentor
As summer is beginning, we know some of you may be taking the summer off from classes but would like to continue to push yourself to accomplish your goals. MyMentor is the perfect program for you. A mentee and mentor will work together to create and work toward achieving personal goals, all the while building a relationship with a mentor. These connections and relationships can continue throughout your professional career to help guide you along your professional journey.
You may be thinking, what is MyMentor?
MyMentor, allows you to:
- Find a partner based on our matching algorithm, your desired search criteria, or let us find a mentoring partner for you
- Explore a long-term mentoring connection facilitated by guided prompts
- Create and work toward accomplishing your personal goals
Whether you’re a mentor or a mentee, if you’re hesitant to start a new mentoring connection because you don’t know what to expect, there’s no need to worry. Mentees select their preferred Path (Undergraduate, Post Baccalaureate, Graduate, Post Doc, or Jr. Faculty), and both the mentor and mentee are provided discussion prompts to guide them through personal and professional topics. The philosophy behind MyMentor is to develop a person’s confidence and sense of identity to help them move forward in whatever trajectory they choose. The prompts are intended to help both the mentee and mentor open up so that they can grow throughout the connection.
We encourage you to head to MyNRMN and create a mentoring connection with MyMentor today.
Unconscious Bias
Unconscious Bias is a prejudice we have or an assumption we make about another person based on common cultural stereotypes rather than thoughtful judgement. Nobody is immune from Unconscious Bias, regardless of race/ethnicity, gender, orientation, etc., because humans have the tendency to make associations to help us organize our social worlds. Unfortunately, these biases can affect the type and quality of healthcare received, hiring practices, and workplace environments.
The Unconscious Bias Course will help you address your personal unconscious Bias, teach you about microaggressions, provide a solutions toolkit, develop your self-awareness, and discuss Bias and disparities in medicine and healthcare. A certificate is awarded upon completion of these modules. The course may be completed at once, or each module may be taken separately. There is no set completion window, but all five modules must be completed to receive credit for the course. Each module takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.
Launching Research Part 1
The purpose of this course, Launching Research, Part 1: Laboratory Readiness, is to inspire students to confidently explore research and acquaint them with skills they will use throughout their education and career. The purpose is also to introduce the concept that research can provide new and exciting opportunities. This course will help mentees or students get acclimated and introduced to the research laboratory and laboratory setting.
This course is divided into three modules. The first module introduces the user to research, provides guidelines for mentor and mentee responsibilities, and discusses the development of a professional image. The second module addresses research compliance, including the protection of human subjects, the welfare of laboratory animals, and guidance for developing standard operating procedures. Finally, the third module covers research ethics, including conflicts of interest, article perspectives, and research articles, and provides instruction for creating and maintaining a laboratory notebook.
Each module will take approximately 45 minutes to complete, and users can pause between lessons within the modules. A certificate is awarded upon completion of the course.
Launching Research Part 2
Launching Research Part 2 is our brand new course within MyNRMN. This course is designed for the mentee and is the continuation of Launching Research Part 1.
The purpose of this course, Launching Research, Part 2: Tools for Organization and Investigation, is to inspire students to confidently explore research and acquaint them with skills they will use throughout their education and career. The purpose is also to introduce the concept that research can provide new and exciting opportunities.
This course is divided into three modules. The first module introduces the user to data gathering, scientific and engineering methods, and data management and practices. The second module addresses the SWOT analysis, collaboration, research misconduct, and citation /reference management. The third module covers authorship and publication, theses and dissertations, scientific meetings, and intellectual property (patents and other IP).
Each module will take approximately 45 minutes to complete, and users can pause between lessons within the modules. A certificate is awarded upon completion of the course.
If you are a faculty, PI, administrator, etc., and would like to have your students/mentees take the course, we can help you create your own cohort/group and start enrollment. Email us at info@nrmnet.net to get started!
Reagan Miller, Virtual Community Coordinator
