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Overview of Mentor and Trainee Responsibilities -- This topic provides an overview of the mentor-trainee         relationship and its importance to the responsible conduct of research.

Need for Mentoring -- This topic describes a justification for the mentor-trainee relationship.

Expectations, Goals, Objectives -- This topic describes issues related to clarifying expectations for both         mentor and trainee.

Establishing the Relationship -- This topic details issues of initiating the relationship, including selection         criteria, characteristics, roles, and responsibilities, and a memorandum of understanding.

Working Together -- This topic describes issues tying role responsibilities to associated activities.

Identifying Challenges -- This topic describes challenges that compromise the mentor-train relationship.

Lessons Learned -- This topic describes how lessons learned from studies of the mentoring relationship         can be used to improve both the quality of the relationship.

Transition to Independent Researcher -- This topic discusses the developmental nature of the mentor-        trainee relationship, from the initiation of the novice to separation of the independent researcher.