Mentorship in academic general internal medicine

Mentorship in Academic Medicine: A Catalyst of Talents.

The fi eld of medicine is complex. Its interwoven structure of clinical practice, medical education and biomedical research, coupled with intricacies of the health system, makes it challenging for one to navigate through without any help. In any academic medical centre (AMC) or hospital, there is an imperative for senior, more experienced members of the profession to provide guidance to their j...

Mentorship Programs for Faculty Development in Academic General Pediatric Divisions

Introduction. Mentoring relationships have been shown to support academicians in areas of research, work/life balance, and promotion. Methods. General pediatric division chiefs accessed an electronic survey asking about mentorship relationships, their ability to create a mentorship program, and resources needed. Results. Dyadic mentorship programs were available at 53% of divisions. Peer mentor...

Update in general internal medicine.

Update in general internal medicine.

The big news in women’s health in 2002 came from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) report, which found that combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) (estrogen plus progestin) exposes postmenopausal women to more risk than benefit. Before this report, most observational studies showed that HRT decreased risk for heart disease by as much as 35%. In retrospect, however, many of these studies d...

True mentorship in medicine.

T he word mentor originates from Homer’s famous poem, The Odyssey. Mentor was an extremely wise man who supported and guided Telemachus on the search for his father, Odysseus. In Greek, mentor literally means “to endure”—to last through the ages.1 In modern English, it is “a trusted counselor or guide.”2 The meaning is tremendously poignant, as anyone epitomizing this definition immeasurably an...