LAS VEGAS — Effective mentorship can accelerate careers, but toxic mentoring behaviors can just as easily derail academic progress if left unchecked, Frank I. Scott, MD, MSCE, warned attendees at Crohn’s & Colitis Congress.
“We know that mentorship can positively influence career trajectories,” Scott, codirector of Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s IBD Qorus and associate professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, said. “Studies have shown significant benefits in terms of publication rate, a greater