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Mentorship in cardiology: building the mentoring relationship

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Mentorship is a crucial element to success and satisfaction among medical professionals. For a successful relationship, both mentors and mentees must examine their roles and goals. In this Comment article, a mentor–mentee pair discuss the necessary attributes for a productive partnership.

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Fig. 1: Creating a mentorship relationship: roles of the mentor and mentee.

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  1. Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Martha Gulati

  2. Division of Cardiology, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Priya Kohli

  3. Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Priya Kohli

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Gulati, M., Kohli, P. Mentorship in cardiology: building the mentoring relationship. Nat Rev Cardiol 19, 711–712 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-022-00740-7

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