{"title":"Empowering Future Dentists: Unveiling the Impact of Effective Mentorship in Academic Dentistry.","authors":"Salwa Mekled, Eiad Elathamna, Roopwant Kaur","doi":"10.1002/jdd.70018","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mentoring in academic dentistry serves as a transformative journey, fostering a safe environment for the exchange of ideas and facilitating career advancement. This descriptive study examines the multifaceted benefits of student mentorship within dental schools, emphasizing the essential \"mentor's toolkit\" designed to enhance the professional development of mentees. This article will highlight the significant impact of mentorship on mentee growth and professional trajectory. Structured mentorship is crucial for the development of dental students and recommend further research to evaluate and refine mentorship practices, addressing the challenges faced in dental education.</p>","PeriodicalId":50216,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dental Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Dental Education","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.70018","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Mentoring in academic dentistry serves as a transformative journey, fostering a safe environment for the exchange of ideas and facilitating career advancement. This descriptive study examines the multifaceted benefits of student mentorship within dental schools, emphasizing the essential "mentor's toolkit" designed to enhance the professional development of mentees. This article will highlight the significant impact of mentorship on mentee growth and professional trajectory. Structured mentorship is crucial for the development of dental students and recommend further research to evaluate and refine mentorship practices, addressing the challenges faced in dental education.
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The Journal of Dental Education (JDE) is a peer-reviewed monthly journal that publishes a wide variety of educational and scientific research in dental, allied dental and advanced dental education. Published continuously by the American Dental Education Association since 1936 and internationally recognized as the premier journal for academic dentistry, the JDE publishes articles on such topics as curriculum reform, education research methods, innovative educational and assessment methodologies, faculty development, community-based dental education, student recruitment and admissions, professional and educational ethics, dental education around the world and systematic reviews of educational interest. The JDE is one of the top scholarly journals publishing the most important work in oral health education today; it celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2016.