Mentors are important in everyone's career development, offering
professional and personal guidance, role modeling, and
socialization into a profession. They are essential in
helping shape the professional lives of physicians. Most medical
students encounter mentors during inpatient clerkships, research,
or through similar interests.
Most formal mentoring programs are conducted at individual
medical schools, so contact your school's office of student
affairs.
These links may offer insight into how to find mentors and
get the most benefit from them.
- Mentoring in Medicine: Physician to Physician
In this brief video, MMS physicians discuss what mentoring has meant to them, and the value they derive from mentoring other physicians.
Diversity Medical Student Mentorship
The American Academy of Dermatology offers a Diversity Mentorship
Program for first- through fourth-year medical students from
ethnically and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds who are
interested in learning more about the specialty of
dermatology.
