International society of Pharmacometrics Mentorship Program (IMP): feedback survey from the first cohort of mentor-mentee pairs

The International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP) Mentorship Program (IMP) aims to help professionals at all career stages to transition into the pharmacometrics field, move to a different role/area within pharmacometrics, or expand their skillsets. The program connects mentees at various stages of their careers with mentors based on established criteria for mentor-mentee matching. Pairing mentees with appropriate mentors ensures strong alignment between mentees’ interests and mentors’ expertise as this is critical to the success and continuation of the relationship between the mentor and mentee. Once mentors and mentees are connected, they are strongly encouraged to meet at least once per month for an hour. The mentor and mentee have the freedom to tailor their sessions to their liking, including frequency, duration, and topics they choose to focus on. Mentees are encouraged to clearly define their goals to help direct their mentor-mentee relationship and conversations. Mentees and mentors alike are given the opportunity to provide feedback about the program to the ISoP Education Committee through surveys and testimonials. Due to the program’s infancy, structured guidelines for mentor-mentee sessions are still being developed and instituted using the program evaluation described in this paper.