It Takes a Village: A Narrative Review of Anesthesiology Mentorship

Abstract

Mentorships play a critical role in the development of physician careers and should be tailored within a structured, evidence-based mentoring program to ensure mutual benefit and avoidance of pitfalls. We offer a narrative review of the current literature and commentary on mentoring at the medical student, GME trainee, and early career faculty levels within anesthesiology, and propose a framework on which an effective mentoring program can be implemented.

Keywords: Anesthesia; Faculty; Fellow; Medical student; Mentoring; Resident.