The following details the expectations asked of faculty members participating in the IDCR training program, which includes teaching core curriculum, mentoring students, supporting program activities, and attending events.
Coursework
- Participate in teaching the core curriculum when requested. For most faculty this will mean:
- Supervise journal club for one quarter once every 3-4 years
- Present 20 min talk on your research in journal club once every 2-3 years
- Participate in teaching the core curriculum when requested. For most faculty this will mean:
Mentoring
- Propose and guide projects. Ensure students are making good progress towards publication of projects with a cancer focus.
- Other publications. Provide opportunities for trainee to:
- Serve as first author on review articles and/or commentaries on cancer-related topics
- Participate in collaborative research/writing that will earn the trainee co-authorship on primary research papers or review articles
- IDP. Meet with trainee to update IDP at least once a year.
- Reinforce participation of trainees in program activities. Support and encourage trainee participation in coursework, workshops, seminars, retreats, and career development activities (e.g. GPS-STEM).
- Communication skills. Provide mentoring to improve trainee’s scientific communication skills by reviewing trainee talks before and after presentation and making sure trainees engage in scientific writing
- Fellowships. Work with trainees to prepare competitive fellowship applications. Support participation in fellowship writing workshop.
- Networking. Ensure trainee attends at least 1 scientific meeting a year, ideally one that you will also attend. The IDCR program provides financial support for meeting attendance.
- Accountability. Attend 1 meeting a year with trainee and IDCR program co-mentor (predoctoral students). Facilitate meeting of postdoc trainees with IDCR Postdoc Mentoring committee.
- Junior preceptors will be expected to participate in a mentoring workshop, all training faculty are welcome to participate.
Support IDCR Training Program
- Regular attendance at IDCR events. Consistent faculty participation is critical for program success and always noted as extremely important to trainees in program surveys.
- Research-in-Progress Symposia. Training faculty should plan to attend each quarter. Attendance at 2/3 each year is required to remain in good standing.
- Attend biennial retreat. Please plan on attending all retreats when you have a supported trainee. All faculty may attend even if they do not have a supported trainee at that time.
- Acknowledge T32 support on all publication: The research reported in this publication was supported by the National Cancer Institute under Award Number T32CA009054
- Complete progress reports (via RedCap platform (ICTS)) and surveys in a timely manner.
- Serve on IDCR committees and review panels when requested.
- Remain in contact with trainees for 15 years to allow tracking
- Regular attendance at IDCR events. Consistent faculty participation is critical for program success and always noted as extremely important to trainees in program surveys.
Note: It is possible to be re-appointed for a second year, provided the following conditions are met:
- Completion of required coursework
- Attendance at required seminars/meetings.
- Timely submission of progress reports, mentor and co-mentor reports.
- Satisfactory research progress.
- Postdoctoral fellows submit applications for extramural fellowships in the first year.