Get yourself a mentor.

摘要

The article by Stamm and Buddeberg-Fischer underscores the importance of mentors in medical education. These researchers followed a cohort of German-speaking Swiss resident doctors during postgraduate specially training. The researchers found a compelling relationship between having one or more mentors and both subjective and objective career success. Previous studies have also reported positive relationships between mentoring and other outcomes, including productivity, job satisfaction, career preparation and workplace learning.Despite the potential benefits of a mentor, only 37-50% of the residents in the Swiss study reported having one.