Inclusive mentorship of pediatric trainees: pediatric oncology as a microcosm
Mentorship is a critical part of career development for medical professionals. Mentees find value in mentors who share parts of their identity, and this role-modeling improves career development. In pediatric hematology-oncology specifically – reflective of academic medicine more broadly - the curre...
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| author | Sadhana Jackson Sadhana Jackson Jessica W. Tsai Jessica W. Tsai Kyle L. MacQuarrie Kyle L. MacQuarrie |
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| description | Mentorship is a critical part of career development for medical professionals. Mentees find value in mentors who share parts of their identity, and this role-modeling improves career development. In pediatric hematology-oncology specifically – reflective of academic medicine more broadly - the current pool of mentors is less diverse than the pool of mentees. Mentoring consciously in an inclusive manner is a way to support all mentees, not just those who share identity with the mentor. Utilizing skills such as microintervention and bystander intervention, all while focusing on allyship are tools that mentors can develop and use to improve their mentoring practices. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-026332c946e94e0fbe5f9e2736f9bfcb2025-01-31T06:40:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Oncology2234-943X2025-01-011510.3389/fonc.2025.15317841531784Inclusive mentorship of pediatric trainees: pediatric oncology as a microcosmSadhana Jackson0Sadhana Jackson1Jessica W. Tsai2Jessica W. Tsai3Kyle L. MacQuarrie4Kyle L. MacQuarrie5Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Bethesda, MD, United StatesPediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United StatesChildren’s Hospital Los Angeles, Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDepartment of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesStanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United StatesDepartment of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United StatesMentorship is a critical part of career development for medical professionals. Mentees find value in mentors who share parts of their identity, and this role-modeling improves career development. In pediatric hematology-oncology specifically – reflective of academic medicine more broadly - the current pool of mentors is less diverse than the pool of mentees. Mentoring consciously in an inclusive manner is a way to support all mentees, not just those who share identity with the mentor. Utilizing skills such as microintervention and bystander intervention, all while focusing on allyship are tools that mentors can develop and use to improve their mentoring practices.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2025.1531784/fulldiversityequityinclusivitymentorshippediatric oncology |
| spellingShingle | Sadhana Jackson Sadhana Jackson Jessica W. Tsai Jessica W. Tsai Kyle L. MacQuarrie Kyle L. MacQuarrie Inclusive mentorship of pediatric trainees: pediatric oncology as a microcosm Frontiers in Oncology diversity equity inclusivity mentorship pediatric oncology |
| title | Inclusive mentorship of pediatric trainees: pediatric oncology as a microcosm |
| title_full | Inclusive mentorship of pediatric trainees: pediatric oncology as a microcosm |
| title_fullStr | Inclusive mentorship of pediatric trainees: pediatric oncology as a microcosm |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inclusive mentorship of pediatric trainees: pediatric oncology as a microcosm |
| title_short | Inclusive mentorship of pediatric trainees: pediatric oncology as a microcosm |
| title_sort | inclusive mentorship of pediatric trainees pediatric oncology as a microcosm |
| topic | diversity equity inclusivity mentorship pediatric oncology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2025.1531784/full |
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