“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”

— Steven Spielberg

In this episode, we are talking about mentorship. As faculty in academic medicine, we know that mentors are critical to our success. We also know that our needs are best met when we have a network of mentors. Acknowledging that many of our best mentoring relationships happen naturally, we also need some structure to provide a foundation and a clear understanding of our roles and expectations. We hope you enjoy this discussion and find some helpful information to enhance your role as both a mentor and mentee.

Special thanks to our guests Dr. Kathy Smith, MD, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Director of GME Faculty Development, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Dr. Rajesh Khanna, Professor in the Department of Pharmacology.

Thanks to Dr. Mel Anderson from the University of Colorado School of Medicine who presented these articles at his seminar for our faculty entitled “Weaving a Web: Effecting Mentoring Relationships” on September 17th, 2020. 

The articles we are talking about are:

Mentorship Malpractice

Mentee Missteps: Tales from the Academic Trenches