CDA Toolkit Resources

Support Letter from Dr. David Atkins (Director of HSR&D) on increasing diversity in Career Development Program

Helpful Documents for Mentoring

• Statement of Confidentiality
• First Meeting Checklist
• Goals Assessment
• Individual Development Plan
• Meeting Agenda
• Mentoring Agreement
• Setting Goals

Resources for Prospective Mentees

• HSR&D CDA Application Process
• HSR&D CDA Application Guidelines
• HSR&D CDA Proposals and the Review Process (Cyberseminar)

Resources for Mentees

Here is a new article with some new and old concepts, well written and brief "What Mentors Wish Their Mentees Knew."

Funding Opportunities

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• American Cancer Society
• American Diabetes Association
• American Federation for Aging Research
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• American Heart Association
• DoD of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
• Federal Grants
• National Cancer Institute
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

NIH Center for Scientific Review

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Guides on Institutional Review Boards

VA Research Office

• HSR&D Funding
• VA ORD Research Funding Application and Submission Process
• Research Oversight Publications and Guidance

VA Information Resource Center (VIReC)

• VIReC Intranet: http://vaww.virec.research.va.gov/ (intranet only, copy and paste the URL into browswer)
• VIReC Internet for learning about data sources, topics, and tools.
• VHA Intranet Data Portal (http://vaww.vhadataportal.med.va.gov/) for data access and additional training opportunities.
• VIReC Toolkit: http://vaww.virec.research.va.gov/Toolkit/Overview.htm (intranet only, copy and paste the URL into browswer)
• VIReC Cyberseminars: http://www.virec.research.va.gov/Resources/Cyberseminars.asp

Video

• University of California-Davis Office of Research Integrity: Lab Management Video Vignettes contains a series of video vignettes on management and conflict resolution.

Literature

• Zerzan, J.T., Hess, R., Schur, E., Philips, R.S., Rigotti, N. (2009) Making the Most of Mentors: A Guide for Mentees. Academic Medicine, 84, 140-144.
• Santucci, A. K., Lingler, J. H., Schmidt, K. L., Nolan, B. A. D., Thatcher, D., & Polk, D. E. (2008). Peer-mentored research development meetings: A model for successful peer mentoring among junior level researchers. Academic Psychiatry, 32, 493-497.

Resources for Mentors

Mentor Training Curriculum for Biomedical Researchers, Clinical and Behavioral Researchers, Clinical Behavioral Researchers, and Community Engaged Researchers by University of Wisconsin, created by the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin (UW ICTR)

Literature:

• Pfund C., House, S.C., Asquith, P., Fleming, M.F., Buhr, K.A., Burnham, E.L., Eichenberger Gilmore, J.M., Huskins, W.C., McGee, R., Schurr, K., Shapiro, E.D., Spencer, K.C., Sorkness, C. (2014) Training Mentors of Clinical and Translational Research Scholars: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Academic Medicine, 89, 774-782.
• Huskins, W.C., Silet, K., Weber-Main, A.M., Begg, M.D., Fowler, Jr., V.G., Hamilton, J., Fleming, M. (2011) Identifying and Aligning Expectations in Mentoring Relationship. Clinical and Translational Science, 4, 439-447.

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