Helping mentors address scientific communication in STEM research training helps their mentees stay the course.

C Cameron, H Y Lee, C B Anderson, E K Dahlstrom, S Chang

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Article in International journal of STEM education, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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C CameronDepartment of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8690-9538

H Y LeeCancer Prevention Research Training Program, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

C B AndersonCancer Prevention Research Training Program, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

E K DahlstromDepartment of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

S ChangDepartment of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

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Scientific Communication Advances Research Excellence (SCOARE) 2.0R25GM125640 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Carrie A. Cameron · 2017 to 2026

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NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM125640

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Abstract

Background: Scientific communication (SC) has important social-cognitive, behavioral, and career-related benefits for emerging researchers, but both mentors and mentees find development of SC skills challenging. Whether training mentors to effectively mentor development of SC skills could have a meaningful impact on mentees was not clear. The Scientific Communication Advances Research Excellence (SCOARE) project has conducted faculty training workshops in techniques for mentoring SC skills since 2018. To study indirect workshop effects of mentors' attendance at the SCOARE workshop on their matched PhD and postdoctoral mentees ( Results: After adjusting baseline scores, mentees of mentors who attended SCOARE workshops (W +) were more engaged in speaking activities ( Conclusion: Mentor training for SC skill development can improve social-psychological and behavioral outcomes for mentees, including science identity, frequency of speaking, and reconsideration of research careers due to concerns about SC.

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Communication skillsLanguage varietyMentoringMentor trainingResearch careerSciCommScience identityScientific communicationSTEM

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PMID39916939

DOI10.1186/s40594-024-00497-0

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