Mentoring is a critical component of graduate education. However, like in any sustained relationship, conflicts can occur between faculty mentors and their graduate students. How well these conflicts are addressed can have substantial effects on the quality of mentoring relationships and outcomes of both faculty and students. We have developed and are testing a novel professional development intervention called IMPACT, for Improving Mentorship Practice through Attributions and Conflict Training, to equip faculty with the motivation and skills to have productive problem-solving conversations with their graduate students. 

This project is supported by Grant R35GM163754 from the National Institutes of Health National Institute for General Medical Sciences. The content on this page is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.