title: Impact of quality mentorship on achievements of Shiraz Medical School in the 1970s and the role of professor Faramarz Ismail-Beigi.
abstract: Almost four decades ago, an eminent physician, outstanding mentor and scholar, Professor Faramarz Ismail-Beigi (b. 1941) was appointed Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Shiraz Medical School. Soon, this proved to be the beginning of a golden era in medical education at that center. Professor Ismail-Beigi invited outstanding teachers and physicians to collaborate with him. Their efforts during the next decade laid a strong and unique foundation for medical education based on quality mentorship and role-modeling. In this paper, we briefly highlight the importance of mentorship in medicine and medical education, followed by a glance at the academic life and career of Professor Ismail-Beigi and his role as a prominent mentor at the Shiraz School of Medicine.
authors.affiliation: Academy of Medical Sciences of the I.R. of Iran, Tehran, Iran.azizi@ams.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mohammad Hossein
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Azizi
authors.forename: Siavosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nasseri-Moghaddam
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007492:Iran; D008611:Mentors