Pilot study of an intervention to increase cultural awareness in research mentoring: Implications for diversifying the scientific workforce
IntroductionInnovative evidence-based interventions are needed to equip research mentors with skills to address cultural diversity within research mentoring relationships. A pilot study assessed initial outcomes of a culturally tailored effort to create and disseminate a novel intervention titled Cu...
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| author | Angela Byars-Winston Veronica Y. Womack Amanda R. Butz Richard McGee Sandra C. Quinn Emily Utzerath Carrie L. Saetermoe Stephen B. Thomas |
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| description | IntroductionInnovative evidence-based interventions are needed to equip research mentors with skills to address cultural diversity within research mentoring relationships. A pilot study assessed initial outcomes of a culturally tailored effort to create and disseminate a novel intervention titled Culturally Aware Mentoring (CAM) for research mentors.InterventionIntervention development resulted in 4 products: a 6 hour CAM training curriculum, a facilitator guide, an online pretraining module, and metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of CAM training.MethodParticipants were 64 research mentors from 3 US research-intensive universities. Quantitative pretraining and posttraining evaluation survey data were collected.ResultsParticipants found high value and satisfaction with the CAM training, reported gains in personal cultural awareness and cultural skills, and increased intentions and confidence to address cultural diversity in their mentoring.ConclusionsStudy findings indicate that the CAM training holds promise to build research mentors’ capacity and confidence to engage directly with racial/ethnic topics in research mentoring relationships. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5bf889f59e14701b62dd4213abee9522023-03-09T12:29:37ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612018-04-012869410.1017/cts.2018.25Pilot study of an intervention to increase cultural awareness in research mentoring: Implications for diversifying the scientific workforceAngela Byars-Winston0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2616-1748Veronica Y. Womack1Amanda R. Butz2Richard McGee3Sandra C. Quinn4Emily Utzerath5Carrie L. Saetermoe6Stephen B. Thomas7Department of Medicine, Center for Women’s Health Research, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USANorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USADepartment of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USANorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USADepartment of Family Science, Maryland Center for Health Equity, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USAInstitute for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USADepartment of Psychology, California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, CA, USAHealth Services Administration, Maryland Center for Health Equity, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USAIntroductionInnovative evidence-based interventions are needed to equip research mentors with skills to address cultural diversity within research mentoring relationships. A pilot study assessed initial outcomes of a culturally tailored effort to create and disseminate a novel intervention titled Culturally Aware Mentoring (CAM) for research mentors.InterventionIntervention development resulted in 4 products: a 6 hour CAM training curriculum, a facilitator guide, an online pretraining module, and metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of CAM training.MethodParticipants were 64 research mentors from 3 US research-intensive universities. Quantitative pretraining and posttraining evaluation survey data were collected.ResultsParticipants found high value and satisfaction with the CAM training, reported gains in personal cultural awareness and cultural skills, and increased intentions and confidence to address cultural diversity in their mentoring.ConclusionsStudy findings indicate that the CAM training holds promise to build research mentors’ capacity and confidence to engage directly with racial/ethnic topics in research mentoring relationships.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866118000250/type/journal_articleInterventioncultural awarenessresearch mentoringevaluationcultural diversity |
| spellingShingle | Angela Byars-Winston Veronica Y. Womack Amanda R. Butz Richard McGee Sandra C. Quinn Emily Utzerath Carrie L. Saetermoe Stephen B. Thomas Pilot study of an intervention to increase cultural awareness in research mentoring: Implications for diversifying the scientific workforce Journal of Clinical and Translational Science Intervention cultural awareness research mentoring evaluation cultural diversity |
| title | Pilot study of an intervention to increase cultural awareness in research mentoring: Implications for diversifying the scientific workforce |
| title_full | Pilot study of an intervention to increase cultural awareness in research mentoring: Implications for diversifying the scientific workforce |
| title_fullStr | Pilot study of an intervention to increase cultural awareness in research mentoring: Implications for diversifying the scientific workforce |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pilot study of an intervention to increase cultural awareness in research mentoring: Implications for diversifying the scientific workforce |
| title_short | Pilot study of an intervention to increase cultural awareness in research mentoring: Implications for diversifying the scientific workforce |
| title_sort | pilot study of an intervention to increase cultural awareness in research mentoring implications for diversifying the scientific workforce |
| topic | Intervention cultural awareness research mentoring evaluation cultural diversity |
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