Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A postdoc in a formal mentoring relationship with two named mentors (career and methods) under an institutional scheme
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A student who has occasional chats with a researcher with no agreed structure is not a mentee in the formal sense
Editorial commentary
Mentees may have multiple mentors covering different domains (research, career, work-life). The mentee’s responsibility includes setting goals, attending agreed meetings, and acting on advice (or articulating why not). Tracking of mentee outcomes is now common in narrative CVs of senior researchers.
References
- Royal Society R4RI Resume for Researchers (2020 v1, 2024 mandate)
- National Academies ‘The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM’ (2019)
Also known as
Protégé
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
xml
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