mentorship

Introduction Previous editorials set out the rationale for introducing mentorship within UK vascular surgery and provided a high-level overview of what to expect from the VSGBI mentorship programme.1,2 As the first cohort begins its mentoring journey, this issue turns its attention to the mentoring relationship itself: how it develops, what sustains it and how it…

Introduction Following the first editorial in the August issue of JVSGBI,1 which outlined the value of structured mentorship in vascular surgery, this second editorial highlights what participants can expect from a mentorship programme and the core principles of starting an effective mentoring relationship, using the VSGBI mentorship programme as an example.   Mentorship programme structure…

Introduction This is the first in a series of editorials on mentorship in which we will define mentorship, provide evidence for its impact and benefit, and detail why now is the right time to embed it in our specialty and how we plan to do this with a detailed overview of the structure, objectives and…