Purpose
The SOAP Mentoring Academy is a community of individuals passionate about mentoring the growth, learning, and career development of the next generation of those committed to providing obstetric anesthesia care. Participation is open to SOAP members only.
Goals
To enhance the personal and professional development of mentors and mentees, as a benefit to SOAP members, by:
- Providing guidance, advice, and support
- Connecting individuals
- Creating targeted programs and events
Focus Areas
- Speaker Exchange Program
- Topics Previously Presented
- Short-term Consulting Services (i.e., Mentor/Mentee Matching Program)
- Professional Development Lecture Series
Mentor/Mentee Matching Program - 2023-2024 Term & Deadlines
- June 23, 2023 - Applications for Mentor/Mentee pairings open.
- July 26, 2023 - Applications for Mentor/Mentee pairings close
- August 15, 2023 - Mentors & Mentees will be paired for a 9-month commitment
- May 2024 - Mentor/Mentee 9-month commitment is completed
- (meet up at SOAP Annual Meeting if possible)
| For the Mentor |
For the Mentee |
Eligibility:
Associate Professor
Professor
Private Practice OB Anesthesiologists |
Eligibility:
Clinical Instructor or Equivalent
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Private Practice OB Anesthesiologists
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| 9-month commitment |
9-month commitment |
Clear goals and objectives discussed
during first meeting |
Clear goals and objectives discussed
during first meeting |
Engage with mentee every 2-4 weeks
(depending on the need and the stage of the pairing commitment) |
Check-in with mentor every 2-4 weeks
(depending on the need and the stage of the pairing commitment) |
| Meet with mentee once a month |
Meet with mentor once a month |
| No more than 2 mentees per cycle |
Only 1 mentor per cycle |
| Completion of EXIT survey |
Completion of EXIT survey |
Areas of Interest
- Clinical Teaching
- Clinical Care
- Clinical Research
- Career Planning
- Classroom Skills
- Presenting Nationally
- Basic Science Research
- Grant/Funding
- Administrative Leadership
- Educational Leadership
- Departmental Leadership
- Research Leadership
- Publishing Research
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- Manuscript Writing
- Navigating Upper Management
- Navigating a Career as a Woman
- Navigating a Career as a URM
- Business Development
- Entrepreneurship
- Academic Promotion
- Program/Fellowship Director Development/Leadership
- Division Director Development/Leadership
- How to Be a Mentor/Mentee
- Manuscript Peer Review
- Quality Improvement Research
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