Mentoring Sideways —A Model of Resident-to-Resident Research Mentorship

The traditional apprenticeship model of research mentorship, where residents pursue research projects directed by attending surgeons, may be ill-suited to optimize research innovation, productivity, and leadership experience. This is particularly true in an era of ever mounting demands of academic attending surgeons, easier availability of powerful clinical databases, and more residents beginning training with prior research experience and advanced degrees.To help makeup the gaps of traditional research mentorship, we propose a complementary peer-focused, “sideways mentorship” approach.
Source: Journal of Surgical Education - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research