so i've been searching for a mentor since i started med school. And it starts with asking them to meet with you and discuss some career stuff, but after meeting with them few times, are you literally supposed to ask them, "could you be my mentor" or is it just informal understanding that they'll act as your mentor/guidence for the next couple years of your med school? I was just wondering if you're supposed to directly ask them to be a mentor. thanks!
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Don't you have an office of student affairs to help mediate this for you? My school does that... we're assigned a Dean for Student Affairs that we deal with during our preclinical time, and then as we decide what we want to do, we get matched up with a faculty member in that field to help us make our residency application the best it can be.
You can also do something more informal, just asking the faculty member questions about what you can do, etc.
You can also do something more informal, just asking the faculty member questions about what you can do, etc.
yes we do have mentoring programs but I was hoping to meet other docs in the field i'm interested in. And yes I've talked to few of them about what I can do to get involved and stuff, but just wanted to ask if having a "mentor" has to official and have a title (as in ask them to be a mentor) as compared to just unofficially keeping in touch with them from time to time?
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interested in some more feedback or a link to a good post on this...
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I always thought this was in the context of a job (being a lab wench and such).
While this is probably common, explicitly asking without much context seems too awkward.
While this is probably common, explicitly asking without much context seems too awkward.
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I think I lucked out by finding someone I wanted to do research with who then basically volunteered to be my mentor without me asking. If she hadn't, I think I would have kept slowly asking her questions not pertaining to her research until we developed a relationship where I didn't think it would be too awkward to officially ask her.
