Medical Student Mentorship – Who they are, what they do.

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Science, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Education

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

We’re all told to find mentors in medical training, but how does this actually work when you’re a new medical student interested in surgery? In this episode, our surgical education fellows and two expert mentors talk through the ins and outs of mentors – who are they, what can they do for you, how do you find one, and what do you do once you have one.

Hosts:
Nina Clark, MD
Jessica Millar, MD
Jon Williams, MD

Guests:
Michael Englesbe, MD, University of Michigan
Erika Bisgaard, MD, University of Washington

Some tips from the episode:

Mentorship teams: think about 4-5 people who can help you in different ways.

Research mentor who can help you find opportunities and be productive
1-2 people who support you in all things (these might be residents!)
1-2 higher level sponsors who facilitate opportunities and pay for things

Discipline and accountability

RESPOND TO EMAILS. If you get an indication that a potential mentor would like to meet with you, take them up on the offer and be prompt with your replies! Nobody likes to be ghosted.
Meet with your mentors at some regular cadence (every 2 weeks is a good place to start)
Think of mentorship as a game of tennis – if your mentor gives you something to work on, the next meeting you should bring it back completed. This is a relationship, and back and forth accountability can establish trust.

Change over time

As you grow, you’ll change, and so will your relationships with mentors. This is one of the most rewarding aspects of these relationships and something you should aim to maintain over time.

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1:10.3	Hi everyone and welcome back to Behind the Knife. I am one of your hosts Nina Clark. I'm here with Jess
1:16.2	Malar and John Williams from Behind the Knife and we have two guests for our episode today. The first is Michael
1:22.1	Anglesby from University of Michigan. He's a
1:24.3	professor of surgery where he works within the section of transplant surgery.
1:28.1	He's also the director of the University of Michigan Medical School third and fourth
1:32.1	year curricula and leads the
1:33.5	academic surgeon development program within the Department of Surgery at
1:36.9	U of M. He is also a funded researcher and the director of several initiatives to
1:41.9	improve the quality and efficiency of surgical care.
1:45.4	We are also joined by Dr. Erica Biscard, who is faculty at the University of Washington, where she serves
1:50.3	as an assistant professor in the Division of Trauma, Burn Surgery, and Critical Care. Prior to joining faculty, she completed her surgical critical care fellowship at Harbor View and her general surgery residency training at UT
2:03.0	South Western.
2:04.2	She currently serves as the site director
2:06.1	for medical student third-year clerkships
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