Journal article
Advancing Gerontology through Exceptional Scholarship (AGES): a Mentorship Initiative for Early Career Faculty
Canadian geriatrics journal CGJ, v 27(1), pp 80-84
01 Mar 2024
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Abstract
Mentorship is critical to supporting professional development and growth of new and emerging faculty members. Working with the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), we created the Advancing Gerontology through Exceptional Scholarship (AGES) Initiative as a mentorship model to promote productivity and peer support for new and early career faculty members. In this commentary, we highlight the AGES Program as a prototype to facilitate peer support, collective learning, and co-authorship opportunities to advance new and early career faculty members, especially in the field of aging. Moreover, we identify four crucial strategies that cultivated and refined our AGES Program including: i) ensuring flexibility to address mentee needs; ii) establishing check-ins and accountability to enhance productivity; iii) fostering peer support and collective learning; and iv) delivering motivational and educational activities. Drawing on our experience with the AGES Program, this commentary provides recommendations to support other groups looking to develop high-quality mentorship programs to support new and early career faculty members in academia.
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- Title
- Advancing Gerontology through Exceptional Scholarship (AGES): a Mentorship Initiative for Early Career Faculty
- Creators
- Juanita-Dawne R. BacsuZahra Rahemi - Clemson UniversityDarina PetrovskyJustine S. Sefcik - Drexel UniversityKris Pui Kwan maZachary G. Baker - Arizona State UniversityMatthew Lee Smith - Texas A&M University
- Publication Details
- Canadian geriatrics journal CGJ, v 27(1), pp 80-84
- Publisher
- Canadian Geriatrics Society
- Grant note
- Canada Research Chairs Program
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Doctoral Nursing
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001186133100004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85189298706
- Other Identifier
- 991021860111004721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Geriatrics & Gerontology