Mentorship 101: Basic Principles for Transformative Relationships
Physician Health First® free online CME
Mentorship is vital for fostering continuous professional growth, enhancing clinical competence and ensuring the overall well-being of physicians. These relationships are particularly important for under-represented minorities. In this practice improvement CME, learn how mentorships improve your practice and your career alike.
- Developing mentorship plans
- Using practical tools in mentor-mentee relationships
- The benefits of mentorship
Mentorship is vital for fostering continuous professional growth, enhancing clinical competence and ensuring the overall well-being of physicians. These relationships are particularly important for under-represented minorities. In this practice improvement CME, learn how mentorships improve your practice and your career alike.
- Developing mentorship plans
- Using practical tools in mentor-mentee relationships
- The benefits of mentorship
Learning Objectives
Discuss the importance of mentor relationships for physicians, particularly for underrepresented minorities in medicine.
Recognize how the generations we grew up in impact our personal and professional lives.
Formulate a plan for mentorship that includes clear roles and boundaries.
Apply the conversational tools to develop transformational mentor-mentee relationships across generations.
Additional details
Mellisa Pensa, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Associate program director,
Yale School of Medicine-New Haven, Connecticut
Caitlin Matthis, DO
Board certified family physician,
Washington Hospital-Pennsylvania-Washington, Pennsylvania
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