INFO: Reminder re Mentoring Survey, Society of Clinical Geropsychology

Dear APA Div. 20 Members, Thanks to everyone who already responded to the Society of Clinical Geropsychology mentoring survey described below. If you are a clinical psychologist, or a clinical psychology student or trainee, and have not yet responded, please consider taking a few minutes to do so now. The Mentoring Committee would very much appreciate your input! (Please excuse cross-postings.) Dear APA Div. 20 Members, If you are a clinical psychologist or a clinical psychology student or trainee, the Mentoring Committee of the Society of Clinical Geropsychology (Div. 12, Section II) would like to learn about your mentoring experiences and how you think APA could serve you better. We plan to use the responses we receive to generate additional resources for APA members and others. Our objective is to enhance the quality and availability of mentoring within geropsychology. Results will be reported in an upcoming Society newsletter, announced on the Section listserv and posted on our website (http://geropsych.org/). We would appreciate hearing your voice through our brief online survey. This anonymous* survey takes about 5 minutes to complete (see instructions below). The principal investigator of the study is Amy Fiske, Ph.D., Chair of the Mentoring Committee of the Society of Clinical Geropsychology. West Virginia Universitys IRB acknowledgment of this study is on file. The Div. 12-II Mentoring Committee would appreciate your prompt response! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Div. 12-II Mentoring Committee chair, Amy Fiske (Amy.Fiske@mail.wvu.edu ). Sincerely, Amy Fiske, Ph.D. Chair, Mentoring Committee APA Div. 12-II Dept. of Psychology West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 Phone: (304) 293-2001 ext. 31644 Fax: (304) 293-6606 Email: amy.fiske@mail.wvu.edu Suzanne Meeks, Ph.D. President, APA Div. 12-II Dept. of Psychological & Brain Sciences University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 Phone: (502) 852-6068 Fax: (502) 852-8904 Email: smeeks@louisville.edu Instructions for Completing the Survey The survey is part of a research project designed to evaluate the quality of mentoring programs currently available within the field of clinical geropsychology. Participant responses will be kept anonymous. Participants do not have to answer each question. There will be no penalty for non- participation or withdrawal from the study. Participation is voluntary. To complete the survey, take these simple steps: - Go to the SONA online survey system website: http://wvu.sona-/ systems.com. - To use SONA, you must register as a NEW PARTICIPANT; choose a username and enter your email information. Select Non-student participant for your "course." - Check your email account for an email containing your password that will be sent by the SONA system. - Log back into the SONA system and use your username and the password sent to you. (Later you can change that password under My Profile or leave it as the one the system sends. If you forget the password, there is a link on the login page for a reminder to be sent to the email account you entered.) - You can then choose the Study Sign Up link and locate the "study" entitled "APA Mentoring Survey." When asked to enter the invitation code, use: MENTOR *Although you will need to register before completing the survey, only the SONA administrator has access to your registration information. Data provided to the Mentoring Committee for analysis will contain only a SONA- generated identifier. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amy Fiske, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology West Virginia University PO Box 6040 Morgantown, WV 26506-6040 Phone: (304) 293-2001 x31644 Fax: (304) 293-6606 E-mail: Amy.Fiske@mail.wvu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~