Dear Colleague, The coming crisis in geriatric mental health and the critical need to bring more researchers into the field was initially highlighted by Jeste et al in 1999 (Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1999;56:848-853). Following this seminal publication, other authors have stressed the importance of mentoring and career development tools to further the development of geriatric mental health researchers. MedEdMentoring.org has been designed from its inception to provide these tools and to be a sustainable mentoring education resource. Registered users can access the site to launch, maintain, and enhance their career development in geriatric mental health research. Over the next few weeks, we will be e-mailing a short questionnaire to our newsletter subscribers asking your opinion about the tools and materials offered on MedEdMentoring.org and how we can improve the site. We appreciate your feedback and interest and are looking forward to hearing your views. Sincerely, Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS; Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH; Maureen Halpain, MS; Barry D. Lebowitz, PhD; Charles F. Reynolds III, MD; Gwenn Smith, PhD; Joel E. Streim, MD; Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA

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Empowering Junior Faculty: Penn State's Faculty Development and Mentoring Program.
Thorndyke LE, Gusic ME, George JH, Quillen DA, Milner RJ.
Acad Med. 2006 Jul;81(7):668-673.
The Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP), sponsored by the Office of Professional Development of the Penn State College of Medicine, was established in 2003 with the goal of promoting the development and advancement of junior faculty so they can achieve success in their academic careers.

Repaving the Road to Academic Success: The IMeRGE Approach to Peer Mentoring.
Bussey-Jones J, Bernstein L, Higgins S, Malebranche D, Paranjape A, Genao I, Lee B, Branch W.
Acad Med. 2006 Jul;81(7):674-679
The authors describe the formation and organization of the Internal Medicine Research Group at Emory (IMeRGE), an innovative peer mentoring group within the Division of General Medicine at Emory University.

Mentor evaluation of a year-long mentorship program: a quality improvement initiative.
van Eps MA, Cooke M, Creedy DK, Walker R.
Collegian. 2006 Apr;13(2):26-30.
This paper presents 23 mentors' perceptions of their role in a year-long mentorship program during the period 1999-2002. The majority of mentors were clinical specialists, had bachelor degrees and over five years clinical experience.

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Mentoring the mentors: aligning mentor and mentee expectations.
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NIH Celebrates a Decade of Discovery in Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
NIH News, June 15, 2006
The NIH and its Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) celebrated a decade of progress and promise in the behavioral and social sciences on June 21-22, 2006.

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