All faculty at the Assistant and Associate level should have a mentor/mentors (1-4 faculty) determined for them soon after they begin their faculty appointment.
- The mentoring group should be mutually agreed upon between the faculty member, the Department Chair and the mentor(s).
- When more than one mentor is assigned, faculty external to the College of Pharmacy can be included based on the mentee’s interest, expertise, and mentoring needs
Mentoring is a required and key element of all UF Health Science Center (HSC) academic and professional educational programs and faculty career development plans. Each faculty member should have an individual faculty development plan with stated specific objectives that will be monitored and assessed for continued appropriateness at each formal meeting.
Mentor(s) should meet with their mentee at least once a year, although every 6 months is recommended, to provide advice and counsel the mentee on any and all professional matters, including but not limited to:
- Scholarship
- Procurement of grants, teaching and service as related to departmental expectations for promotion and/or tenure
- Teaching practices and concerns
- Patient Care (when applicable)
- Collegial relations within and outside the department.
- Culture of belonging within the COP and UF
- Balance of personal and professional responsibilities
How to formalize your mentoring group:
- Once your mentor(s) have been determined by you and your Chair, you will need to provide your mentor(s) contact information here
- Note: If you have an update to your mentor(s) please email COP HR (hr@cop.ufl.edu) to alert them of this change.
- After you complete the online form, the information will populate into a Docusign which will be routed to your mentor(s) and yourself to sign off on this agreement.
- When the agreement document is fully signed, COP HR will provide a copy to the mentee, mentor(s) and Department Chair.
Duties of mentoring group:
- Mentor(s) should formally meet with their mentee at least once a year, although every 6 months is recommended, to provide advice and counsel them on all professional matters.
- After a formal meeting occurs, the primary mentor should complete the meeting follow up form (found here). The purpose of this form is document the date the meeting occurred and provide a summary of what was discussed.
- The information provided in the form will populate into Docusign, to be routed to the primary mentor and mentee to sign.
- COP HR will provide a copy of the signed document to the mentee, mentor(s) and Department Chair.