Measure Overview
The purpose of this measure is to measure the self-efficacy (confidence) of mentors to support their mentee with a variety of mentorship skills.
Measure Information
- Scale
- Target Population
- NIH DPC Hallmark
- Key Citations
- Instructions
- Validity Evidence and Other Information
Prompt: Rate your level of confidence in your ability to:
Mentoring Self-Efficacy
| Very insecure (1) | Insecure (2) | Neither Confident nor Insecure (3) | Confident (4) | Very Confident (5) | |
| Provide good guidance and instruction in oral presentation/poster presentation to my mentee regardless of their ability level | |||||
| Ensure that my mentee can effectively talk about their research in conversations | |||||
| Successfully teach my mentee to develop a strong study design | |||||
| Provide instruction to my mentee to apply appropriate research methods for data analysis | |||||
| Provide good support to my mentee, regardless of their gender, race, or background | |||||
| Successfully teach my mentee basic scientific writing skills* | |||||
| Serve as a role model* | |||||
| Offer constructive feedback when necessary** | |||||
| Provide my mentee with an overview of how their research fits into the overall research project*** | |||||
| Make my mentee feel included in the lab*** |
- Faculty/Mentors
N/A
Calculate the Mean Scale Score using the arithmetic mean for all item scores
This measure does not have published evidence of its validity. It has been used and developed by Dr. Carrie Cameron’s team for multiple grants. The five items used commonly across teams are listed first.
*These items were part of the original 7-item scale. Only one NRMN CC team used them in their studies
**This item was added to another team’s scale after conversations with the NRMN CC team.
***These two items were also added to another team’s scale (see **) after conversations with the NRMN CC team. They have been used extensively by the NRMN CC team.
Scale validation publications forthcoming.