Strategy C: Provide opportunities for faculty, staff, volunteers or trainees to participate in an exchange program with another network Center/Program to foster potential mentorship relationships and support cross-collaborative efforts.

Exchange Program Objective: Establish mentorship programs to support professional development of staff, faculty, and trainees. Theme: Personnel and Trainees

Provide opportunities for faculty, staff, volunteers or trainees to participate in an exchange program with another network Center/Program to foster potential mentorship relationships and support cross-collaborative efforts.

Incorporate a mentorship model in interdisciplinary training programs for trainees. Set up a system for faculty to mentor students through their training program.

RESOURCES FOR STRATEGY #3

• National Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision's Employment Mentoring Model
• NCCC Programs that Support Students and Faculty from Racial and Ethnic Groups Underrepresented in MCH Training Programs
• A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: Mentoring: An Evidence-based Strategy to Increase Diversity Among Students and Faculty from Racial and Ethnic Groups Underrepresented in Maternal and Child Health Training Programs