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Student Training Promotes Mentoring Awareness and Action
Author(s) -
Packard Becky WaiLing
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2003.tb00614.x
Subject(s) - peer mentoring , set (abstract data type) , psychology , medical education , action (physics) , selection (genetic algorithm) , process (computing) , career development , pedagogy , medicine , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , programming language , operating system
Student training is a critical but often overlooked aspect of the mentoring process. Composite mentoring , involving the strategic selection of a diverse set of mentors, is proposed to guide students to take a more active role in their own mentoring experiences. A mentoring program with composite mentoring as a guiding framework was designed and implemented for college women pursuing science careers. The effectiveness of the program is illustrated, and students reported enhanced mentoring and career‐related experiences. Implications for advising, career counseling, and mentoring program design are discussed.