Fellows-in-Training Newsletter
The first one-on-one mentoring activity for Geriatrics Fellows was conducted
at the 1996 AGS/AFAR Annual Meeting in Chicago. The AGS is pleased to
continue this successful program at its 1999 Annual Meeting. Over 35 Fellows
and Junior Faculty are expected to meet with Mentors during the this year’s
AGS/AFAR Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.
The format for the mentoring activity at this year’s AGS meeting
is once again modeled after a highly successful mentoring program conducted
by the Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM). It has proven to
be an excellent opportunity for Fellows to meet with nationally prominent
geriatricians to discuss career goals, projects, and other topics. Mentoring
pairs are matched according to interest areas, but have no set meeting
agenda. The meetings are scheduled to last one hour, but have been known
to extend longer. In some cases, Mentor/Fellow relationships have continued
past the initial meeting to additional telephone, email or face-to-face
conversations.
Participating Fellows and Junior Faculty have already been matched with
Mentors from AGS committees and the Board of Directors.
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