A Structured Mentorship Program for All Health Sciences Faculty

Mentorship is integral to successful careers in academic science and medicine. The Health Sciences Faculty Mentor Training Program (FMTP) is a formal, structured mentorship program designed to support the success of junior faculty, while also improving their sense of satisfaction and engagement with UC San Diego. FMTP enhances senior faculty training in effective mentoring, facilitates formalized faculty mentor programs within individual departments/divisions, and cultivates an environment where mentoring excellence is valued.

Why FMTP?

FMTP News and Events

Mentoring Excellence Celebration

November 2, 2023
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Senior Faculty Mentor Training

March 11, 12, and 13, 2024 @12:30 - 2:00 PM on Zoom

Health Sciences Associate and Full Professors -all series - are eligible to register.

Junior Faculty Mentor Training

Spring 2024

Registration will be available closer to the date.

Interested in FMTP?

If you are interested in participating in future FMTP trainings, please complete the interest form:

FMTP Interest Form

Why is FMTP Important?

Mentorship is integral to successful careers in academic science and medicine
Mentored junior faculty publish more scholarly work and receive more federal/extramural funding
Mentored junior faculty are more satisfied and more engaged with their home institution
Federal funding agencies are calling for evidence-based mentor training programs for faculty
Cost of failed mentoring relationships is enormous (loss of faculty productivity, engagement, and collateral damage from low faculty morale)

OFA recently published their findings that the Faculty Mentor Training Program (FMTP) is associated with improved effective mentoring and institutional climate. Read the UC San Diego press release here and peer-reviewed publication here.

Mentoring Resources

Learn About Mentoring Resources

"GREAT TRAINING FOR ALL FACULTY, GREAT MATERIALS AND CASES. THE FACILITATORS OF THIS COURSE WERE SPECTACULAR, TAKING MENTORSHIP TO A TERRIFIC LEVEL OF ART AS WELL AS A SCIENCE."
– Gabriel HADDAD, MD

"IT WAS A PLEASURE TO DELVE INTO THE NUANCES OF EFFECTIVE MENTORSHIP WITH FACULTY FROM ACROSS THE HEALTH SCIENCES!"
– ANDREA LACROIX, PHD, MPH

"I WISH THESE TRAININGS WERE AVAILABLE 25 YEARS AGO… IN RETROSPECT, I COULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER MENTOR, PARTICULARLY IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS."
– STEPHEN SPECTOR, MD

"THIS COURSE FINALLY GIVES ME THE STRUCTURE TO MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY ADVANCE MY MENTEES ACADEMICALLY"
– CHRIS TOMASZEWSKI, MD

"THE FMTP TRAINING PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT OVERVIEW ... I LEFT THE TRAINING FEELING ENRICHED."
– TODD PAWLICKI, PHD

"THE FMTP TRAINING WAS OUTSTANDING! AFTER MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF MENTORING OTHERS, I HAD MY FIRST EXPERIENCE BEING TRAINED IN THIS TOPIC!"
– ALISON MOORE, MD, MPH

Health Sciences Faculty Mentor Training Program

​​​​​A Structured Mentorship Program for All Health Sciences Faculty

FMTP News and Events

Mentoring Excellence Celebration

Senior Faculty Mentor Training

Junior Faculty Mentor​ Training

​Interested in FMTP?

Why is FMTP Important?

Mentoring Resources

"GREAT TRAINING FOR ALL FACULTY, GREAT MATERIALS AND CASES. THE FACILITATORS OF THIS COURSE WERE SPECTACULAR, TAKING MENTORSHIP TO A TERRIFIC LEVEL OF ART AS WELL AS A SCIENCE."– Gabriel HADDAD, MD

"IT WAS A PLEASURE TO DELVE INTO THE NUANCES OF EFFECTIVE MENTORSHIP WITH FACULTY FROM ACROSS THE HEALTH SCIENCES!"– ANDREA LACROIX, PHD, MPH

"I WISH THESE TRAININGS WERE AVAILABLE 25 YEARS AGO… IN RETROSPECT, I COULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER MENTOR, PARTICULARLY IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS."– STEPHEN SPECTOR, MD

"THIS COURSE FINALLY GIVES ME THE STRUCTURE TO MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY ADVANCE MY MENTEES ACADEMICALLY"– CHRIS TOMASZEWSKI, MD

"THE FMTP TRAINING PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT OVERVIEW ... I LEFT THE TRAINING FEELING ENRICHED."– TODD PAWLICKI, PHD

"THE FMTP TRAINING WAS OUTSTANDING! AFTER MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF MENTORING OTHERS, I HAD MY FIRST EXPERIENCE BEING TRAINED IN THIS TOPIC!"– ALISON MOORE, MD, MPH