Mentoring

Mentoring is a relationship in which knowledge and skills are shared between members in a way in which everyone benefits. Often a more senior person is mentoring a junior person, but mentorship can happen between any two individuals. Mentoring will help Airmen and Guardians discover their strengths by achieving their full potential through a structured, trusting mentoring relationship.

Find a mentor and become a mentor! It’s easy to do both by registering in MyVector. In 2021, we completely redesigned the Mentoring platform in MyVector based on your feedback. New features include:

Ability to self-identify as someone seeking a mentor or someone who wants to be a mentor
Track the status of their mentoring requests
Updated Resources page
Enhanced messaging capability that allows users to send messages to mentors
Additional search filters:
ethnicity, race, disability, Exceptional Family Members Program (EFMP), MAJCOM, organizations, and ranks
Ability for mentees to share documents with mentor
Sister Service mentor/mentee enabled capability
CFM ability to assign mentors to mentees (Spring 2022)

Log into MyVector, check out the new capabilities, and find your mentor today at https://myvector.us.af.mil!

Navy Medicine Live event: COVID-19 Mythbusters

U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

Video by BUMED PAO

Feb. 18, 2021 | 30:36

The Surgeon General and Navy Medicine leadership debunk COVID-19 vaccination myths and provide information on the pandemic.

Navy Medicine hosted a 30-minute Facebook Live Q&A Panel Discussion with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to educate military medical professionals about the COVID-19 vaccine, dispel rumors and provide the facts.

• HM1 Joshua “Josh” Moore, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center COVID-19 vaccination drive leader and Panel Moderator
• RADM Bruce Gillingham, Navy Surgeon General. Opening remarks.
• CAPT Bob Hawkins, Commander, Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center. Panelist.
• CAPT Matt Weiner, Assistant Deputy Chief, BUMED Research and Development division. Panelist.
• CDR Catherine Luna, BUMED Women’s Health specialist. Panelist.
• CDR Richard “Rich” Gilliard., Director for Administration, Naval Medical Center San Diego. Panelist.
• LCDR Matthew Hall, BUMED Public Health Emergency Officer. Panelist.

A COVID-19 Vaccine Mythbuster Questions and Answer Session with Navy Medicine Doctors, Nurses, and Scientists who will answer the Top 10 Biggest Misconceptions about the vaccine including:

MYTH 10: I’ve had COVID so I’m immune already.
MYTH 9: This vaccine was not designed taking minorities into account.
MYTH 8: We can’t trust COVID-19 vaccines because they were rushed.
MYTH 7: This vaccine is not safe for pregnant or lactating women.
MYTH 6: I shouldn’t get it before older people, so I’ll wait.
MYTH 5: This vaccine will alter my DNA. It will change my genetic make-up.
MYTH 4: The COVID-19 vaccine will make me sick with COVID-19
MYTH 3: Since COVID-19’s survival rate is so high, I don’t need a vaccine.
MYTH 2: The COVID-19 Vaccine will affect my ability to have kids in the future.
MYTH 1: Now that we have vaccines, the pandemic will be over very soon.

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