Stony Brook Internal Medicine Peer Mentoring Program
So this afternoon, I get the distinct pleasure of being part of a new project here at Stony Brook Internal Medicine.
Under the direction of our wonderful associate Program director Dr. Rachel Wong, we have started a peer mentoring program in our residency program. Along with one of our chief resident’s Dr. Ali Sheikh, this afternoon we will continue this very cool project.
Mentoring is a broad concept, and everyone has different ideas about it. Today’s workshop will go into some very specific elements of mentoring such as “Mission Statements”, “Personal Networking Maps” ” Peer Check-ins, ” and more.
As a physician and especially as a young trainee, I may walk into this asking, what is this really about? Is this useful? It’s not about diseases, it’s not about evidence based medicines, it’s not about diagnostic tests or the latest drug developments, it’s not about patient care. So what’s the point of committing 3 hours of potentially valuable resident time to such a project?
Well, when I take a step back and look at this, the program to me is about 1 thing.
It’s about going from Good to Great. Continue reading →
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