Stewart Babbott, MD, Division of General Medicine/Geriatrics, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut St., Springfield, MA 01199, 413-794-9966, stewart.babbott@bhs.org, Terrence E. Steyer, MD, Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 295 Calhoun St., Box 250192, Charleston, SC 29425-0192, and Shadia Garrison, MPH, AMSA Foundation, 1902 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191.

The American Medical Student Association Foundation is in its third year of a public health leadership training program for primary care medical and dental resident and faculty pairs. The goal of the Leadership Seminar Series (LSS) is to advance the training of the participants in order to meet the needs of the public through improved leadership, communication and advocacy skills and knowledge of health policy and public health.

Each of the selected 60 pairs of mentors/mentees is trained at three two-day trainings over the course of one year, held at locations around the country. Based on Healthy People 2010 goals, the annual themes are ethnic minority health, rural health, and the health of people living in poverty.

Mentoring of the residents by the faculty is a central component of each pair’s work. Each LSS workshop includes a focus on the mentoring relationship from mentor and mentee points of view. Principles of mentoring are highlighted and discussed and progress for each pair reviewed over the year.

Session facilitators will share with participants, evaluation data on expectations of the mentoring relationship vs. realities, sustainability of the relationship, and perceived outcomes and benefits over time.

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