Raising the next generation of surgeons: mentor-mentee relationships

Ian E Murdoch; Ingrid S.A. Akafo

Authors

Ian E Murdoch Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, United Kingdom
Ingrid S.A. Akafo Moorfields Lions Korle Bu Trust & Akafo Eye Services, Accra, Ghana

Abstract

This is the title given to me (IM) for the 2024 Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria conference. The concept of mentor-mentee relationships in medicine is as old as the profession itself. The original derivation of the word “mentor” relates to a person. Mentor was a friend of Odysseus in Greek mythology. When Odysseus went to fight the Trojan War, he left Mentor with two jobs. The first was to oversee his palace, and the second was to look after and teach his son Telemachus. Thus, the first mentor we know about was Mentor himself, and Mentor advised and trained Odysseus’s son; a deeper commitment than simply being a teacher.

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