AMPP Mentorship Program
The AMPP Professional Development Committee aims to connect more experienced med-peds physicians with physicians earlier in their careers and develop a network for establishing mentorship in the med-peds community nationally.
We will
- Match mentees and mentors based on interests, expertise areas, and availability.
- Check in with you on how things are going twice a year.
- Incorporate feedback for future mentoring program development and measure impact.
- Ensure that preferences are respected regarding time commitment and availability to avoid overwhelming mentors or mentees.
Expectations for mentors
- Check in with your mentee three times per year. This could be via email, phone, Zoom, or in person.
- Provide informal support to early physicians in development.
- Provide feedback to the AMPP Professional Development Committee on how to improve the mentoring program.
For those interested in learning more about mentoring, here are some helpful resources. While some of these are focused on mentor pairs within academic institutions, the concepts can be applied to general career or work-life mentoring outside ones’ specialty or institution.
- “What is a mentor?”
- “Nature’s guide for mentors”
- Appreciating mentorship
- Evolution of academic mentoring
- Systematic review of academic mentoring
- List of helpful books for Mentors/Mentees
Expectations for mentees
- Reach out to your mentor; first contact is suggested within one month of the introduction email.
- Consider questions to bring to your mentoring meeting to guide initial conversations. The meetings are informal, and it is helpful to have some ideas you want to discuss.
- Meet with your mentor three times per year. This could be via email, phone, Zoom, or in person.
- Provide feedback to the AMPP Professional Development Committee on how to improve the mentoring program.
If you are interested in signing up to be a mentor, please make sure you are signed in, and use the links at the top of the mentor directory: