Practice tip of the week: How to mentor doctors
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
With all the useful information available on Physicians Practice, it is easy to become overwhelmed.
With this in mind, the tip of the week is a chance to reflect on some of the wisdom found all across the site. In this December 2022 article on mentoring doctors, Heidi Moawad, MD, gives this tip:
Establish the type of mentoring
Physicians may look to mentors for a variety of needs. For example, you might have a skill set or you may have reached a position that other doctors would like to achieve. It’s important to recognize your own strengths and to use these strengths to provide guidance in the area that you are familiar with.
Defining the goals of the mentoring relationship can be useful to clarify expectations. If you will spend time guiding a medical student, resident, or a junior physician, you might be happy to do so casually as they navigate their new role. Or you might only consider it worth the effort if they will move forward to progress in a specific way. Knowing your own style will help you determine what type of mentoring you are capable of. And if goal setting is important to you as a mentor, then be clear about your expectations and provide the junior physician who you are mentoring with next steps that you expect them to take before your next meeting.
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