Mentoring has been recognized as a critical aspect of the professional and/or personal development of the student, resident or faculty member. This career development resource discusses strategies for building effective mentoring relationships and outlines some of the challenges to contemporary mentoring.
Keywords: Challenges to mentoring; Co-mentoring; Medical student; Mentor; Mentoring challenges; Surgical resident; Women surgeon.
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