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A Survey of Psychiatry Residency Programs: Association Between Program Characteristics and Success in the 2003 NRMP.
Stock SL, Catalano G, Dreier JD, Ross MM, Catalano MC.
Psychiatr Q. 2006 Aug 22; [Epub ahead of print]
While the number of medical students entering psychiatry has increased since the 1990's, little has been written about the program characteristics that draw students to specific psychiatry residency programs.

Leadership for psychiatrists
Greiner CB.
Health Care Women Int. 2006 Jun-Jul;27(6):548-58.
Having access to mentoring, a clear description of "expected results," personal appreciation of leadership style, a description of available resources, a leadership vision in line with the institutional vision, and an appreciation of the necessary time commitments are fundamental in deciding whether to accept a leadership position.

Women chairs in psychiatry: a collective reflection.
Atre Vaidya N.
Acad Psychiatry. 2006 Jul-Aug;30(4):315-8
This article describes the experiences of women chairs in psychiatry. The author found that women in chair positions come from smaller schools and departments, have clinical and educational backgrounds, have fewer grants than their male counterparts, and are more likely to be recruited from within.

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Fundamental Mentoring Skills
Joel E. Streim, MD
Dr. Streim focuses on mentoring issues related to boundaries; matching aptitudes and goals; giving and receiving feedback; modeling personal interactions; teaching scientific responsibility; writing letters of support; and career advising.

Geriatric
Junior Faculty Scholars Program
Charles F. Reynolds III, MD
Dr. Reynolds describes how the Junior Faculty Scholars (JFS) program offers graduates of postdoctoral fellowship programs an opportunity to continue to have part-time support as assistant professors for purposes of continuing pilot work and preparing K award applications.


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General
Mentorship behaviors and mentorship quality associated with formal mentoring programs: closing the gap between research and practice.
Allen TD, Eby LT, Lentz E.
J Appl Psychol. 2006 May;91(3):567-78.
Formal mentoring programs continue to gain popularity within organizations despite limited empirical research regarding how these programs should be designed to achieve maximum effectiveness.

Geriatric
Mentoring partnerships for minority faculty and graduate students in mental health services research.
Waitzkin H, Yager J, Parker T, Duran B.
Acad Psychiatry. 2006 May-Jun;30(3):205-17.
The authors developed mentorship programs to train minority junior faculty and advanced graduate students in mental health services research. Evaluations suggest that these programs have influenced participants' career development.


InTheNews
Mentoring Guidelines for Postdocs Issued by National Science Foundation Directorate
National Postdoctoral Association, August 8, 2006
The NSF Geosciences Directorate's new guidelines for principal investigators call on PIs who support postdoctoral scholars on their research grants to document their mentoring efforts in both proposal and reporting mechanisms.

NIH Will Limit Reimbursements to Colleges for Recipients of Training Grants
Chronicle of Higher Education.com, August 7, 2006
The NIH has issued a final proposal to cap its reimbursements to colleges for tuition and other costs for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers supported by the agency’s training grants.

Winning Ways
NatureJobs.com, August 2006
Science is cut-throat by nature, but how should young scientists handle working on competitive projects -- or worse, getting scooped?

NIH Urges Career Training and Tracking
Sciencecareers.org, August 4, 2006
New provisions of NIH's T32 institutional training grants may foster changes that help postdocs.

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