Thriving in Academic Medicine – Embracing Evolving Mentorship and Sponsorship Needs

The Academic Pediatrics Association’s (APA) Educational Scholars Program (ESP) has demonstrated the evolution and impact of longitudinal mentoring relationships.1, 2 Initially scholars choose one project mentor, though they subsequently develop a mentoring network of senior and peer mentors who contribute to their academic careers. These mentoring relationships lead to opportunities to collaborate on new projects, continued support on prior projects, and ongoing career and professional advice.1 Almost a decade later, the same ESP participants continue to value having diverse mentorship networks.2 Learning from and collaborating with multiple mentors over time allows participants to adapt a variety of approaches to create their own mentorship style.

In this article, we provide insights into the mentorship needs and strategies of academic, education faculty that span from early to senior career. While these perspectives originated from faculty with education careers, we believe that the principles will be generalizable to academic faculty with different career interests.

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