title: Mentoring for junior medical faculty: Existing models and suggestions for low-resource settings.
abstract: Globally, there is increasing recognition about the positive benefits and impact of mentoring on faculty retention rates, career satisfaction and scholarly output. However, emphasis on research and practice of mentoring is comparatively meagre in low and middle income countries. In this commentary, we critically examine two existing models of mentorship for medical faculty and offer few suggestions for an integrated hybrid model that can be adapted for use in low resource settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry 605006, India. Electronic address: drvmenon@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India.
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muraleedharan
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry 605006, India.
authors.forename: Ballambhattu Vishnu
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Bhat
mesh_terms: D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D000071252:Mentoring; D008611:Mentors; D012106:Research
keywords: Academic medicine; Faculty development; Medical education; Mentoring; Mentorship; Psychiatry