Cross-cultural mentoring refers to a mutually enriched, intentional, and continual relationship with someone who belongs to a contrary gender, race, culture, religion, nationality, and socioeconomic background. The key focus of such a relationship is on vision, values, and virtues without considering either the mentor or mentee's differing opinions. The mentor guides the mentee and assists in the personal and professional qualities of the mentee. The significance of cross-cultural mentoring is impactful to the professional development of physicians. Increasingly, we encourage our physicians early in training to seek out mentorship relationships among physicians in practice to help them gain and share knowledge, teach new skills, broaden their network, and facilitate career decision-making. However, less talked about, but just as significant, are the benefits and learning that mentors can derive from mentees. Cross-cultural mentoring brings diversity with inclusive excellence, but attention is given to the mentee's emotional and social needs.
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