Building a Mentorship Program for Reviewers

July 26, 2013

About our Reviewers

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Half of all reviewers are patients or stakeholders

Reviewers are diverse in respect to:

Previous reviewing experience

Expertise / Profession

Affiliations

Age

Demographics

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Why a Mentoring Program?

Peer-to-peer guidance is needed

Deeper level of assitance

Offer hands on support and encouragement

Build a community of reviewers

Opportunity to grow with PCORI

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The role of the Mentor

Assist in developing training

Provides on-going support

Ensures critiques are thorough

Assists reviewers in rewriting critiques

Evaluates during merit review

Identifies strong reviewers for future cycles

Provides weekly updates to PCORI

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Outcomes of the Program

Stronger written critiques

Reviewers feel confident and capable

Ideas and viewpoints clearly articulated

Lasting relationships

Knowledge transfer

“The mentors were extremely helpful. Being able to discuss situations and examples with the mentor helped me to better review proposals”