The Power of Mentorship: Insights from Both Sides of the Relationship-The Power of Mentorship: Insights from Both Sides of the Relationship

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This SCCM webcast, moderated by Dr. Shala Siddiqui, explores mentorship from both mentor and mentee perspectives in critical care. Dr. Jonathan Charnin argues that mentoring is rewarding for mentors: it “pays twice” by allowing clinicians to pass on hard-earned lessons, increase professional satisfaction, and enhance academic productivity and promotion prospects. He emphasizes setting clear expectations (meeting cadence, scope), creating psychological safety, active listening, professionalism and boundaries, and helping mentees think big through networking, funding, leadership opportunities, and navigating institutional politics.<br /><br />Dr. Avneep Agarwal highlights how mentorship often evolves into sponsorship—moving from advice to advocacy to access. Sponsorship increases visibility and opens doors to projects and leadership, improving equity across disciplines. He stresses small “first opportunities,” public credit, and cross-disciplinary mentorship, aligning with SCCM’s team-based culture.<br /><br />Dr. Siddiqui (covering Dr. Mulvoy’s slides) outlines effective mentorship principles: clear goals, trust, constructive timely feedback, individualized guidance, and mentee responsibilities (goal-setting, receptivity, reflection, respecting time). Dr. Eshel Nir focuses on the mentee view: define purpose, structure meetings with agendas and takeaways, maintain accountability, reflect periodically, remain flexible amid intense schedules, and end relationships when misaligned. Q&A addresses group mentorship dynamics, handling professionalism issues, and the long potential lifespan of mentorship.

Keywords

SCCM webcast

critical care mentorship

mentor-mentee relationship

psychological safety

active listening

professional boundaries

academic productivity and promotion

sponsorship and advocacy

mentee goal setting and accountability

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