Mentoring program
Welcome to the website of the Mentoring Program for Doctoral Candidates in Medicine and Dentistry at the Faculty of Medicine in Cologne.
The program offers medical doctoral candidates independent support during their doctoral phase. It promotes the exchange of doctoral candidates with experienced scientists as mentors and other doctoral candidates in medicine, provides hard & soft skills and serves as a contact point in case of difficulties during the doctorate.
Interested in participating? Then please use the registration forms below. We are also happy to receive applications from committed mentors.
If you have any questions, you can contact us at any time at the following address: medfak-mentoring@uni-koeln.de
We look forward to seeing you!
The Mentoring Team
Target group:
The mentoring program is aimed at doctoral students in human medicine and dentistry. They can join the mentoring program at any point during their doctorate.
Duration: If required, the program accompanies the mentees throughout the entire doctoral period.
Group size and division:
The doctoral candidates are supervised in small groups of 4-5 participants by an experienced mentor. Assignment to the mentoring group is based on the type of doctorate. A distinction is made between experimental doctorates, clinical/statistical doctorates and literature analysis/review. Care is also taken to ensure that mentors and mentees belong to different working groups in order to maintain independence. The mentees in a group may be at different stages of the doctorate in order to facilitate as much exchange as possible.
Meetings and content:
The content focus of the mentoring group is coordinated based on the needs of the doctoral candidates. There are at least two meetings per semester with the mentors. The mentors are also available as contact persons outside of the group meetings.