Mentorship in medical education: reflections on the importance of both unofficial and official mentorship programs

Abstract Mentorship, consisting of its official and unofficial forms, transforms medical trainees into competent and well-rounded physicians. In this commentary, we reflected on existing mentorship programs at the McMaster School of Medicine, highlighted lessons from a new peer-based mentorship prog...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Wu, Andrew Toyin Olagunju
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06248-7
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Mentorship in medical education: reflections on the importance of both unofficial and official mentorship programs
BMC Medical Education
Medical Education
Mentorship Styles
Education Innovation
title Mentorship in medical education: reflections on the importance of both unofficial and official mentorship programs
title_full Mentorship in medical education: reflections on the importance of both unofficial and official mentorship programs
title_fullStr Mentorship in medical education: reflections on the importance of both unofficial and official mentorship programs
title_full_unstemmed Mentorship in medical education: reflections on the importance of both unofficial and official mentorship programs
title_short Mentorship in medical education: reflections on the importance of both unofficial and official mentorship programs
title_sort mentorship in medical education reflections on the importance of both unofficial and official mentorship programs
topic Medical Education
Mentorship Styles
Education Innovation
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06248-7
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