165 Assessing and monitoring mentor-mentee relationships: The Colorado Clinical and Translational and Sciences Institute (CCTSI) approach

Objectives/Goals: To develop a tool to assess mentoring relationships (mentor-mentee dyad) that can be used to monitor relationships over time to identify those at-risk along with knowledge and skills gaps for targeted coaching and career development initiatives and to evaluate mentoring programs. Methods/Study Population: Informed by literature review and faculty input, the CCTSI mentoring relationship assessment tool consists of parallel mentor and mentee questionnaires [applewebdata%3A//6E5CC409-7F40-4414-AF57-C97DF94108CD#_msocom_1]; requesting both a self- and partner-assessment. Assessments are completed upon K or T award initiation, and then every 9-12 months to characterize changes throughout the course of these CCTSI programs that include structured mentored training. Reports are generated for each mentor-mentee dyad as well as aggregate reports of mentors/mentees over time. After pilot testing with CCTSI K and T awardees, the tool was revised and then integrated into the K and T programs. Results/Anticipated Results: Principal component analysis of pilot data from 30 K and T awardees revealed that 5 questions be removed. The revised tool consists of 3 sections: assess the mentor (14 items), rate the relationship (9 items), and self-assessment (20 items for mentees, 16 items for mentors). The revised tool was completed by 12 T and 6 K mentee-mentor dyads. T dyad reports revealed 3 dyads at-risk. Aggregated data for T mentors and mentees identified areas for targeted intervention for expectation alignment, review/revise IDP, and sponsorship activities. Aggregated K data revealed that mentees rated their mentors more favorably than mentors’ self-assessments; discrepancies were noted related to career development. K mentees’ ratings corresponded to their mentors’ rating except for mentees’ ability to review/revise IDP. Discussion/Significance of Impact: The CCTSI mentoring relationship assessment tool demonstrates promise in identifying at-risk mentor-mentee relationships and for identifying knowledge/skills gaps for targeted career development initiatives. Future work will determine its usefulness for evaluating mentoring programs and capturing changes in relationships over time.