Purpose To document the frequency of policies and activities in support of mentoring practices at institutions receiving a U.S. National Institutes of Health’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). Method The study consisted of a 69-item survey with questions about the inclusion (formal or informal) of policies, programs/activities and structures supporting mentoring within CTSA-sponsored research (i.e., KL2 programs) and, more broadly, in the CTSA’s home institution. The survey, conducted from November 2010 through January 2011, was sent to the 55 institutions awarded a CTSA at the time of the survey. Follow-up phone interviews were conducted to clarify responses as needed. Results Fifty-one of 55 (92%) institutions completed the survey for institutional programs and 53 of 55 (96%) for KL2 programs. Responses regarding policies and activities involving mentor criteria, mentor–mentee relationship, incentives, and evaluative mechanisms revealed considerable variability between KL2 and institutional programs in some areas, such as having mentor qualification criteria and processes to evaluate mentors The survey also identified areas, such as training and women and minority mentoring programs, where there was frequent sharing of activities between the institutional and KL2 programs. Conclusions KL2 programs and institutional programs tend to have different preferences for policies versus activities to optimize qualification of mentors, the mentor–mentee relationship, incentives and evaluation mechanisms. Frequently, these elements are informal. Individuals in charge of implementing and maintaining mentoring initiatives can use the results of the study to consider their current mentoring policies, structures, and activities by comparing them to national patterns within CTSA institutions.
identify sites of regional disease as a means of staging the patient and planning surgical treatment will be illustrated through examples of ultrasound and anatomic imaging (CT and MRI). The utility of metabolic imaging (PET-CT) for patients with noniodine avid metastasis will be reviewed. The role of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration to confirm the presence of metastasis in patients with positive imaging studies will be discussed as well. The surgical management will cover the spectrum of clinical situations frequently encountered including central compartment dissection at the time of initial thyroid surgery, mediastinal lymph node dissection, central compartment reoperation with emphasis on parathyroid and recurrent laryngeal nerve preservation, and comprehensive lateral neck dissection. Videoclips of regional dissections will complement the didactic lectures and highlight surgical techniques. Postoperative surveillance will be discussed with an emphasis on thyroglobulin monitoring, radioiodine imaging, ultrasound, and anatomic imaging. Following the panelists' presentations, time will be allotted for audience interaction and illustrative case presentations.
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