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Mentoring Interns and Postdoctoral Residents in Academic Health Sciences Center

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This article was co-authored by a senior mentor and one of her students who worked with her as both an intern and a postdoctoral fellow. It is an expanded version of a presentation given by the first author after receiving the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (APAHC) Distinguished Achievement in Teaching Award. The article offers a historical view on mentoring, defines and describes the term, and delineates the characteristics of good mentors and mentees. The significant impact of mentoring on the professional and personal development of psychology interns and postdoctoral residents and their mentors in academic health centers is explored. Techniques for developing, maintaining, and promoting effective mentoring relationships are provided and the ethical considerations related to mentoring are examined.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Grady Health System, Emory University School of Medicine, 80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive (Grady Health System), Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA

    Nadine J. Kaslow & Nathan A. Mascaro

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This article is based upon an invited address, “Mentoring of Predoctoral Interns and Postdoctoral Fellows in an Academic Health Sciences Center” given by the first author in recognition of the author’s receipt of the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers 2005 Award for Distinguished Achievement in Teaching. The address was presented at the Annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, August, 2006.

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Kaslow, N.J., Mascaro, N.A. Mentoring Interns and Postdoctoral Residents in Academic Health Sciences Center. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 14, 191–196 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-007-9070-y

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