1. MENTORSHIP Tom Arnold, MD Tamara Helfer, MD, MBA ACOG Mentorship Committee

2. Who is your mentor?

3. Why is Mentorship Essential?  Helps decrease burnout  A proven method of learning  Development of professional traits  Ethical and moral example develops like traits in young professionals

4. Why is mentorship important? Changing Skill sets: Today:  Individual Practioners  Silos in Medicine  Learning styles  Medicine Future:  Collaborative Groups  Population Health  Integrated learning  Precision Medicine  Biomedicine/ Genetics

5. What is a mentor? An experienced or trusted advisor Someone willing to spend his or her time and expertise to guide the development of another person.

6. Ways to mentor Formal Mentoring  Increases likelihood of establishing a successful relationship  Sets realistic expectations, guidelines, limits and expectations  Increase number of interactions Formal Gatherings  Establishes face to face interaction  On the spot answers  Structured sessions that allow instant connection  More comfortable for some

7. What is important for a mentorship program?  Data Base- know individuals skill sets to better match  Increase satisfaction, decrease burnout  Build Mentor- Mentee Relationships  Increase leadership within Organizations  Build a mentorship culture in medicine

8. What has been accomplished?  Formal mentoring

9. What has been Accomplished?  Mentorship Mingle Events:

10. How do you get involved?

11. What the future holds:  Educating the mentors- working on a curriculum  District wide implication- working on leadership  Expansion to a National Program- working on  Incorporate mentorship into ACOG Leadership Curriculum- working on curriculum  Create the design of the program- completed  Obtain National ACOG support- completed  Public Relations/ Exposure- completed  Beta Phase- completed

12. Kelsey Dashiell, MS ACOG Mentorship Program Manager 409 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 (202)863-2456 mentorship@acog.org Contact information ACOG Mentorship Program

13. “Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen and a push in the right direction.” John C. Crosby