TY  - JOUR
T1  - Surgical mentoring: Building tomorrow’s leaders
AU  - Dougherty PJ
Y1  - 2011/01/26
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.33
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 410
EP  - 411
VL  - 305
IS  - 4
N2  - 
The authors address the changing roles of medical students and residents and discuss how surgical training has changed over the recent past with duty-hour restrictions, demand for more supervision, and “patient safety initiatives.” The end result of these changes has been less hands-on training for surgical residents and medical students. Surgical education also has moved from an apprenticeship model, in which the resident or student builds a long-term relationship with his or her teacher, toward a program of multiple rotations with multiple teachers. The disadvantage of multiple instructors is that there is less time to get to know one's supervisor or mentor and, as a consequence, to more fully develop surgical skills.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.33
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.33
ER  -