RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Power of mentorship for civilian and military acute care surgeons: identifying and leveraging opportunities for longitudinal professional development
JF Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
JO Trauma Surg Acute Care Open
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e001049
DO 10.1136/tsaco-2022-001049
VO 8
IS 1
A1 Lisa Marie Knowlton
A1 William Jason Butler
A1 Ryan Peter Dumas
A1 Brittany K Bankhead
A1 Jonathan P Meizoso
A1 Brandon Bruns
A1 Jan-Michael Van Gent
A1 Haytham M A Kaafarani
A1 Matthew J Martin
A1 Nicholas Namias
A1 Deborah M. Stein
A1 Matthew D Tadlock
A1 R Shayn Martin
A1 Kristan L Staudenmayer
A1 Jennifer M Gurney
YR 2023
UL http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/8/1/e001049.abstract
AB Across disciplines, mentorship has been recognized as a key to success. Acute care surgeons, focused on the care of trauma surgery, emergency general surgery and surgical critical care, practice in a wide variety of settings and have unique mentorship needs across all phases of their career. Recognizing the need for robust mentorship and professional development, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) convened an expert panel entitled ‘The Power of Mentorship’ at the 81st annual meeting in September 2022 (Chicago, Illinois). This was a collaboration between the AAST Associate Member Council (consisting of surgical resident, fellow and junior faculty members), the AAST Military Liaison Committee, and the AAST Healthcare Economics Committee. Led by two moderators, the panel consisted of five real-life mentor-mentee pairs. They addressed the following realms of mentorship: clinical, research, executive leadership and career development, mentorship through professional societies, and mentorship for military-trained surgeons. Recommendations, as well as pearls and pitfalls, are summarized below.