Training PhD students often follows ‘magician’s apprentice’ approach where advisors taking hands-on/off approach but rarely have a more nuanced language to discuss the advising journey. Wagner etal 2017 https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2015-0013 introduces stages 1) enthusiastic beginner, 2) discouraged learner, 3) cautious performer, and 4) self-reliant achiever. They frame roles and strategies for each stage for both the mentor and mentee and provide worksheets in their SI. #HowToScience #Mentoring #SciLit