If you decide to become a mentor, we will add a ‘mentor’ badge to your Open Digital Health profile. The members can express their interest in a one-off mentoring session with you. All enquiries will be collected by us and forwarded to you. If you decide to meet with a mentee, it is up to you and them to arrange the initial meeting. As a mentor, you may receive multiple requests from mentees so it is perfectly fine to decide that you can only provide a limited number of mentoring sessions or only support one or two mentees. We will send you the responses to our initial mentee survey and based on the responses, you can decide if you are able to meet the person online. We do suggest to the mentees to be considerate and mindful of mentors’ time. The mentorship can take multiple forms: from a single meeting, mentorship throughout a specific project, or a continued mentor-mentee relationship. It’s up to you to discuss and agree on which type, form and meeting frequency can work best for both of you.

Good luck and let us know about your experience with the Open Digital Health Mentoring Program.

Benefits of being a mentor:

Contributing to your discipline;

Supporting the next generation of researchers, healthcare professionals, technology developers;

Developing mentoring skills and didactic competencies;

Sharing your perspective and expanding your own views and knowledge.