Mentorship is a core component in the development of clinical and research skills as well as career advancement. We have developed a multi-pronged approach to mentorship that ensures that each fellow feels supported in every activity of fellowship. Additionally, we believe that excellent mentorship early in training helps fellows understand how to seek out mentors throughout their careers and become excellent mentors themselves.

Scholarly Concentration Mentorship

Each scholarly concentration within our fellowship has a designated director who serves as the mentor for each fellow on that track. Directors meet with each fellow regularly and help fellows:

• Design and carry out projects
• Coordinate with other faculty members within and outside of the division
• Prepare local, regional and national presentations
• Prepare work for publication
• Strategize long terms career goals within each niche area

Research Mentorship

The ACGME requires that each fellow complete a scholarly product to graduate fellowship. Fellows have the benefit of fellowship leadership, their scholarly concentration directors and a dedicated faculty with whom they can vet and develop ideas. Once a fellow decides on a project, a faculty member with expertise and experience in this area is paired with the fellow to oversee the project as it moves forward. The Scholarly Oversight Committee (SOC), comprised of skilled research faculty within and outside of our division, meet twice yearly with each fellow individually to help advance their research projects.

Clinical Mentorship

In the first year of fellowship, each fellow is asked to identify a faculty member with whom they feel a kinship on a clinical and personal level to serve as his/her/their clinical mentor. This is intentionally a fellow-selected faculty member separate from the existing mentors in research and the scholarly concentration. The clinical mentor is intended to serve as an additional support for the fellow: to discuss clinical cases, work life balance, career decisions and any other topics that arise during fellowship.