MENTORING IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION: AN OVERVIEW

Mentoring plays a critical role in charting a successful career in all aspects of the professional growth of the medical practitioner. Absence of mentoring in the medical profession leads to diverse consequences including lack of intellectual depth, poor clinical etiquette and failure to pass on the ideals of the profession from generation to generation. Thus, there is need to formalize mentoring in the medical profession in Nigeria because of its inherent potential in up scaling the level of medical practice in the country. This article describes mentoring in the medical profession with a view to sensitizing medical practitioners and enabling doctors appreciate the importance of the process.