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How to Choose a Mentor

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Mentors should be selected early in the mentee’s career. Mentees require multiple mentors throughout their careers. The selection process should be initiated by the mentee. The mentee must be well prepared for meetings with the prospective mentor and make appropriate follow-up. The mentee must be proactive to maintain mentoring relationships. Most mentoring relationships are transient.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Temple University Hospital, 3401 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19140, USA

    John Rombeau, Amy Goldberg & Catherine Loveland-Jones

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Rombeau, J., Goldberg, A., Loveland-Jones, C. (2010). How to Choose a Mentor. In: Surgical Mentoring. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7191-3_8

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