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International Health Track

Houston, Texas

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International Health Track
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Mentor Guidelines

  1. The Mentor Program consists of 18 hours which includes meetings between mentors and students and writing of the report.
  2. Mentors are to meet regularly with students, quarterly (suggest occasional lunch meetings).
  3. Students are to discuss mentor guidelines and track requirements with mentors at the first meeting.
  4. For students doing research paper, the mentor is to:
    • Help the student connect with other faculty members doing research in his/her area of interest.
    • Work with other faculty members to advise the student as he/she creates his/her research plan, completes a research project and write-up.
  5. Mentor Recruitment/Matching:
    • Mentor recruiting and matching is currently done by students.
    • The BCM World Health group is building a mentor database on their website.
    • Mentors are to be student selected beginning in 2005. Students may choose and contact mentors themselves.

Year 1 and Year 2

  1. Assign/choose mentor in year I or at the beginning of year II
  2. Help student to begin to define:
    • International interests (regions, research, patient care, public health, type of organization for which the student would like to work etc.).
    • Funding sources for travel, international electives, research.
    • An outline and time frame for completing track requirements.

Year 3

  1. Help solidify elective plans.
  2. Assure that student has identified funding sources for study abroad and/or research project.
  3. Assure that student has made contacts and solidified plans for international clinical rotations.
  4. Discuss plans for postgraduate training.
  5. Make sure student is completing all track requirements.

Year 4

  1. Continue meeting; are track requirements being completed?
  2. Read and evaluate final report. The report should be a summary of the student's experience in international health while on the track, including his/her clinical experience abroad.
  3. At the end of the track, mentor to e-mai lRosa Olvera
    rolvera@bcm.tmc.edu to confirm that student has completed the mentoring process and final report.
  4. Discuss plans for postgraduate training, vocational plans.
  5. The following word document is a sample mentor report: