Roadmap
The set-up of the Mentorship programme
- EAN Head Office will contact the allocated mentorship pair
- The pair will be asked to set up a first meeting (F2F or virtual)
- The pair shall define the roadmap for the coming year
- The pair shall set up a regular meeting plan (phone, virtual room, F2F meetings) and decide how to stay in touch over the course of the year
- EAN will invite both mentor and mentee to visit and meet at the annual EAN congress
- Shortly before the year is over, they can decide to terminate the programme, or stay in the programme (under EAN patronage), or stay in touch on a private basis
- EAN requests assessment at three and twelve months, and a report for publication in EANpages from both mentor and mentee after termination of the programme
Roadmap for the 1-year mentorship programme
The mentoring roadmap in four steps will help both mentors and mentees to develop a successful professional relationship.





Areas of mentorship
The focus should be on, but is not limited to (the pairs define their area of mentorship when they meet):
- Skills development
- Career advice
- How to obtain the best information about sub-specialty areas in neurology
- Developing the participants’ clinical and research interests
- Advice on how to design a successful research project
- Advice on how to publish research
- Establishing a work-life balance
- Other issues (e.g., equality, diversity, burnout and more)
Goals and stages of the one-year programme
- Preparation of clear and realistic goals for the mentee, to be pursued for the one-year programme
- Clear declaration of needs from the mentee – possible support by mentor per item/stage
- Set-up of meeting structure (how often, which means, how long)
- Set-up of mentorship stages (which goals to reach by what time, reflection process, new strategy in case of failure, etc.)
