Creating a formal mentoring process requires institutions to display their commitment to
nurturing the growth of surgeons who will succeed in clinical care, research and teaching …

Can J Surg, Vol. 49, No. 3, June 2006 169 time did I feel pressured to accept cases beyond
my expertise. I did not see these conditions as an insult to my training or surgical skill, nor as …

A mentor can be defined as an experienced and trusted advisor, and as such, mentorship is
crucial to one's professional and personal development throughout one's medical career …

Mentoring has been recognized as a critical aspect of the professional and/or personal
development of the student, resident or faculty member. This career development resource …

Mentoring is an essential component of a successful career in any profession, and these
relationships are beginning to be explored in great detail in academic surgery. However, it is …

A mentor, a “supporter and guide” to the mentee, is paramount to individual and personal
development, especially in surgery. Mentorship offers numerous benefits to mentors and …

Mentoring is considered to be an essential duty of academic surgeons. It is a catalyst for
success in academic medicine, as mentoring relationships can facilitate career selection …

Mentoring has been an essential component of surgical training as long as the art has
existed; without the structure mentorship provides to pass on the knowledge, skills, pitfalls …

Drs. Rombeau, Goldberg, and Loveland-Jones have written this book on surgical mentoring
to fill an obvious need. It is up-to-date, comprehensive, readable, and evidence-based …

While the golden era of mentoring may have been the age of apprenticeships in medicine,
the birth of the clinical clerkship in the late 1800s provided the structure for the relationship …