Abstract
[This is an excerpt.] Mentor relationships are a vital component to a professional career and are intended to promote personal growth and develop the best version of yourself. Many students develop these relationships prior to pharmacy school, and they continue for years. Mentor relationships are easy to cultivate and occur at all levels; upper classmen mentoring first year pharmacy students, residents mentoring externs, PGY2 residents mentoring PGY1 residents, and so on and so forth. Good mentor–mentee relationships tend to be organic and typically don’t require extensive preparation or research. So, is it normal as a mentor to feel burnout after years of these relationships? If these conversations are built upon 2 people sharing opinions, advise, experiences, and knowledge, why as a mentor do I feel burnout? [To read more, click View Resource.]
