title: Academic mentoring: a 40-year adventure.
abstract: This historical philosophical comment summarizes things learned over 40 years in the role of an academic mentor. It is my hope that some of these may provide guidance to my younger colleagues as they embark on a career in academics. Perhaps, the major message from years of working with the best and brightest medical trainees is the blurring of lines defining just who is the mentor and who is the mentee.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425-2900, USA. castell@musc.edu
authors.forename: Donald O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Castell
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration