Mentorship as a Top Priority

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing values its faculty. Faculty members provide the backbone of any great University and, as the median age of nurses and nursing faculty continues to advance, the role of seasoned faculty members in nurturing, mentoring, and developing the scholarship of the next generation of nursing faculty members becomes increasingly important.

To that end, the School of Nursing at Penn in Philadelphia has established a Mentorship Program, approved by the full Faculty Senate and refined by the Dean's Advisory Group, to specifically promote the success of junior faculty members. Mentoring at Penn helps assistant professors on the path to promotion and but more importantly helps to set a research trajectory that will generate the kind of stellar research career that Penn has become known for. 

Mentoring at Penn Nursing is defined as "a dynamic process of providing guidance and counseling for mentees at all states in their academic careers," built on a reciprocal commitment of both mentor and mentee with the assistance of their Department Chair.

The formal individual mentorship program includes: 
1) a mentor/mentee component
2) a collaborative mentorship team component
3) department chair leadership
4) a senior faculty member facilitator who works with all faculty members in the mentoring program.