Abstract

Mentoring in medical education has been going on globally over a long period of time. It has its own challenges and advantages. Since in the present day scenario the NMC has made it mandatory to implement mentoring, the challenge is now of handling a mandatory mentorship program. This review article explores the views and various aspects in relation to mentoring. The conclusions seen are that mentoring is shown to be beneficial to both the mentees and mentors. However certain impediments like time constraints, difficulty in opening up, confidentiality may hinder its effectiveness. Peer assisted mentoring and use of exploratory sessions to find their specific needs can help in improving the quality of mentoring.

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