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Mentor–mentee relationships should be symbiotic and can yield multiple benefits for both participants, including improved publishing success, job retention and satisfaction, and exposure to new opportunities.1,2 The Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology (CPP) Section of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) created its Mentor-Mentee Program (MMP) in 2006 to help its members achieve these benefits. This MMP uniquely combines aspects of formal and natural match processes. Participants are identified through multiple methods, including voluntary expression of interest, referral, contacting past participants, and SCCM and CPP newsletters and emails. Interested pharmacists complete a survey on matching criteria. Mentorship is offered in 6 broad categories: clinical practice, professional development, research, academia, precepting, and SCCM/CPP Section involvement. Mentees rank each mentorship category in order of desired mentorship, and mentors indicate areas for potential mentorship. Matching is performed manually by identifying a mentor who offers mentorship in a mentee’s top mentorship categories, emphasizing the same practice specialty and no previous relationship between mentor and mentee. Additional matching considerations include years of clinical practice, similar practice setting, and concurrent/completed mentoring experiences. Upon matching, a mentor–mentee guideline document and literature resources are provided. Participants’ communication after mentor–mentee matching is arranged by the individual participants. After program completion, participants complete a survey on program strengths, efficacy of the mentorship, and suggestions for improvement.

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