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Mentoring: The Art and Science of Helping Adults Learn

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Mentorship is a relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable person. The mentor may be older or younger than the person being mentored, but he or she must have a certain area of expertise. Mentoring is not new by any means, but it does seem that newer generations are seeking it out more and in different ways. Consider the four generations in today’s organizations: builders, the eldest, value and respect. Boomers value productivity and face time. Generation Xers value the power pace. Millennials value connection and flexibility. This is an oversimplified description, but it does underscore a few of the intersections between different generations. In addition to the increasing depth of knowledge needed for healthcare professionals to work in each medical or surgical specialty, doctors now have to cope with the challenges of a changing organizational landscape. As a result, coaching and mentoring skills are becoming an important part of doctors’ everyday lives. This chapter will discuss the modern concept of mentoring and differences between mentoring, coaching, supervising and sponsorship. New style of mentoring such as virtual mentorship and e-mentoring will be also discussed.

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El Miedany, Y. (2019). Mentoring: The Art and Science of Helping Adults Learn. In: Rheumatology Teaching. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98213-7_21

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