TRAINING and EDUCATION
How I Teach
“How I Teach” is ASH Clinical News’ forum for sharing best
practices in teaching hematology to medical students, residents,
and fellows. We invite essays providing insight into teaching
and modeling clinical practice (history-taking, the physical
exam, informed consent, giving bad news), successful research
mentoring, disease-specific tips, or more general advice. Here,
fellowship program director Alison Loren, MD, MS, shares some
wisdom about mentorship.
HOW I MENTOR
ny fellow entering a training program is
faced with an overwhelming number of
opportunities – laboratory research,
clinical practice, teaching and education,
policy, communications, palliative
skills… the list goes on. And, let’s face it,
most fellows are overachievers. They want to say yes to
and take advantage of every one of these opportunities.
There’s nothing wrong with that attitude, but
fellowship is the time to figure out what you love, and
that means closing some doors. An ideal mentor – or,
more likely, mentors – helps fellows progress along their
career paths, providing support and guidance during
their search as they identify what they want to do.
Unfortunately, there is no special training program for
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