At a time when many doctors experience burnout, a mentor can provide young physicians with more than their clinical experience.
A relationship with a mentor can help provide emotional support, writes Rosalyn E. Plotzker, M.D., on Medscape.
Many residency programs have a faculty mentoring system in place and match young doctors with more experienced physicians, says Plotzker, a resident in the department of preventative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
