Career development through mentorship;

No estás sola

10:30am-12pm

Presenter: Natalia Arizmendez, MD

Session Type: Workshop

Topic: Education through the Lifespan

Recording

Description

This session is will define mentorship, mentoring functions, and review skills to strengthen your mentorship relationship and guide your mentee to achieve their full potential and professional development. Target audience is broad as this session will provide you with the skillset to mentor any
career pathway. and trainees, potential and current mentors of all professions are encouraged to attend.

Learning Objectives
• Define mentorship
• Foster a culture of mentorship by learning the key factors to support mentees career
development and professional growth
• Review important criteria for mentor selection
• Review the benefits and challenges of mentorship
• Apply acquired skillset from these objectives

Facilitator

Natalia Arizmendez, MD

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

arizmendezn@upmc.edu

Dr. Arizmendez is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician completing her critical care
fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is active in the Critical Care Department’s
diversity, inclusion, and equity efforts and was appointed the fellowship’s Diversity, Inclusion, Equity
Champion. She has presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 50th Anniversary Annual Congress
on Critical Care Health Disparities. Dr. Arizmendez is committed to creating equitable change in delivery
of healthcare for historically marginalized groups and is developing a project to evaluate a critical care
disparity. To continue to build on systemic change and quality improvement, she has achieved a
certificate on Patient Safety Quality and Leadership with the John Hopkins Postgraduate Institution for
Medicine. Additionally, Dr Arizmendez continues to show her devotion to the community by
collaborating with educational systems to develop a mentorship program for pre-medical students.