The DGIM faculty development program consists of several inter-related programs and activities that aim to enhance the professional development of DGIM faculty as well as selected community based faculty.

All DGIM faculty who have not yet attained Associate status are paired with a DGIM faculty mentor for ongoing career guidance and mentoring. All junior faculty are expected to meet with their mentor at least twice per year to discuss issues such as advancement and promotion, career guidance, setting appropriate professional and personal goals, and to help facilitate scholarly activities. A synopsis of the expectations of mentors and mentees is listed below:

•Arrange to meet with mentor at least twice per year.

•Mentees should prepare an updated CV to be reviewed by their mentor at least one week prior to each meeting.

•Mentees should be aware of where they are in the promotion/merit cycle so that they can put together a promotion package and updated CV in a timely manner. Emily Leang can provide you with this information.

•To assist their mentors in giving them relevant advice/counseling, mentees should write down at least three short term (6-12 months) and three long term (3-5 years) professional goals to be discussed and perhaps revised at the mentor/mentee meetings.

•Mentors are expected to meet with mentees at least twice per year. These meetings will generally be initiated by the mentee, but the mentor is also responsible for insuring that a meeting takes place on schedule.

•Availability for urgent situations that come up.

•Mentors are expected to review all relevant material (e.g. CV, promotion package etc.) prior to the meeting.

•Along with mentees, mentors are responsible for making sure that their mentees have prepared a promotion and merit package at least one month before the deadline; they should review the package before passing it on to the division chief.

•Mentors should help mentees set appropriate professional goals and to advise them of what the specific expectations are for promotion in their particular academic series.

•Mentors should encourage and help facilitate scholarly activities for their mentees. These may include co-authorship on articles, introduction to key local and national figures in their mentees' areas of interest, and advice on putting together programs at meetings such as SGIM.

For more information contact Michael Rabow, MD at mrabow@medicine.ucsf.edu.