Developing Culture of Mentorship
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https://doi.org/10.51985/JBUMDC2023285Abstract
The idea of ‘mentoring’ developed 3000 years ago, with the character of ‘Mentor’ in Homer's Greek poem, Odyssey.
Odysseus delegated his juvenile son Telemachus under care of his old and wise friend, Mentor, when he had to leave his young son for 10 years to fight in the Trojan War.1 Mentoring is important for development of the medical profession. It is bidirectional and benefits both mentor and mentee
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