Resources for mentors and mentees in LMP
Resources for both mentors and mentees in LMP student mentoring programs.
We will expand this selection of resources regularly.
General mentoring advice and tips
Setting goals for your mentoring relationship: a worksheet for mentees (word)
Mentoring goals and milestones: planning your mentoring relationship (word)
This 2019 article written by Dr. Avrum Gotlieb in the Pathology magazine (PDF) gives a great overview of what a good mentoring relationship looks like.
Mentoring during the COVID-19 pandemic from Nature gives some advice for mentors.
Approaching a potential mentor
We will match mentees and mentors who have completed a registration form (see links for peer to peer or alumni programs). However, you may wish to find your own mentor independently.
Below is a suggested template you can personalise when approaching a potential alumni mentor on Temerty Medicine Connect for the first time.
Dear X,
My name is X and [share your background, year, program, field of interest, co-curricular involvement, research].
I came across your profile on the LMP alumni student mentorship group on Temerty Medicine Connect.
[share what you hope to gain from the mentoring experience]
If you accept my request, I would be happy to set up a time for us to talk over the phone or through Zoom.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
X