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Most successful surgeons have had accomplished surgical mentors. Mentoring provides evidence-based personal and career benefits to the mentee. Immense personal satisfaction and a prolonged opportunity to help others are the principal benefits to the surgical mentor.
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Rombeau, J., Goldberg, A., Loveland-Jones, C. (2010). Why Surgical Mentoring is Important and Evidence That it Makes a Difference. In: Surgical Mentoring. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7191-3_2
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