Learn how to mentor effectively, build successful mentoring programs, and accelerate career growth.
‘Soft skills’ can be hard to master, so readers are going to be grateful for this terrific new book on how to be a mentor, how to be a mentee, and how to build mentoring relationships. The frameworks are clear and practical, and will help mentors and mentees make their collaborations something they look to with pride when they look back on their careers.
Chief Medical Officer, Press Ganey and Author of Social Capital in Healthcare: How Trust and Teamwork Drive Organizational Excellence
A must-read for faculty and trainees in all healthcare-related disciplines navigating the dual demands of clinical care and mentorship. Mentoring in Healthcare teaches us all how to be better teachers AND better learners.
Joseph P. Newhouse Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School and Host, Freakonomics, MD podcast
Written with flair and style, and based on deep insight and hard-won learning, Mentoring in Healthcare provides practical, action-focused tips for mentors and mentees alike. In health systems struggling with retention and development, this blueprint for human flourishing is unmissable.
Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies and Director of THIS Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
Mentorship is the lifeblood of academic medicine. Mentoring in Healthcare provides a time-tested and pragmatic way to re-invigorate this art for health sciences. Two thumbs up!
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Dean, School of Medicine, and Professor of Neurosurgery, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado
Saint, Chopra, and Gotian are the foremost authorities on mentoring in medicine and have now literally ‘written the book’ on the subject. It is a must-read for a wide-range of audiences: trainees, faculty, and especially those who work in the leadership ranks of healthcare. For what is leading if not mentoring?
President and CEO, SCAN Group & Health Plan and Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Mentoring in Healthcare redefines mentorship as a culture-building strategy, not a checkbox activity. This book is crucial reading for anyone managing scientists, medical affairs, or clinical development teams.
CEO, Talkspace; Prior CEO and Executive Chairman, BioReference Laboratories; and Prior Chief Medical Officer, Northwell Health System
A welcome addition to the mentorship canon—robust enough for academic discourse, practical enough for real life use.
Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine; Senior Vice President, American College of Physicians; Professor of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
Mentoring in Healthcare brilliantly integrates the inspirational with the practical. The authors have creatively leveraged evidence and their experience to build a toolkit applicable in the real world.
Executive Editor, NEJM Catalyst and Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Gotian is an internationally recognized expert in mentorship and high performance. Named the #1 emerging management thinker by Thinkers50 and one of the Top 50 executive coaches in the world, she has been called a “top 20 mentor worldwide.” Her work has been featured by Nature, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, and NBC and her articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals as well as Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, Academic Medicine, Nature, and more. She is the award-winning author of The Success Factor and co-author of the Financial Times Guide to Mentoring.
A nationally recognized hospitalist and researcher, Dr. Chopra has published nearly 300 peer-reviewed articles, edited multiple textbooks, and serves as Deputy Editor at Annals of Internal Medicine. He has received numerous awards for teaching, mentoring, and research excellence and is known for his leadership in improving hospital safety and developing clinical talent. He is the coauthor of The Mentoring Guide, The Saint-Chopra Guide to Inpatient Medicine, and Thirty Rules for Healthcare Leaders.
An international expert on patient safety and hospital-acquired complications, Dr. Saint has authored over 400 peer-reviewed papers and multiple books from Oxford University Press and University of Michigan Press. He has received prestigious national awards, including VA National Physician of the Year, and is widely recognized for his thought leadership in mentoring, leadership, and culture change. He is the coauthor of The Mentoring Guide, The Saint-Chopra Guide to Inpatient Medicine, Thirty Rules for Healthcare Leaders, and Pickleball for Life.
Drawing on the authors’ lived experience and extensive scholarship, this book provides:
From getting started to navigating common pitfalls to preventing mentorship malpractice, the book offers step-by-step guidance grounded in evidence and real-world practice.
Including quick-start guides, “nine things standout mentees do,” how to avoid landmines, and when and how to move on from a mentoring relationship.
Covering generational differences, leadership alignment, program evaluation, mindfulness, and long-term success.
Designed to translate theory into practice for individuals, teams, and organizations. Includes scripts, worksheets, checklists, workflows, and supplemental resources.
A concept introduced by the authors in their JAMA and Nature publications, expanded here into practical strategies to prevent harm and cultivate trust.
Representing perspectives from medicine, academic leadership, education, and patient-safety research.
Mentoring in Healthcare is a practical, evidence-informed guide to building effective, ethical, and sustainable mentoring relationships across the healthcare ecosystem.
The book addresses the unwritten curriculum that shapes healthcare careers and provides clear guidance on how mentoring can support individual growth, leadership development, organizational performance, and patient care, without causing unintended harm.
This book is written for:
Senior healthcare leaders and executives
Clinicians, researchers, and educators
Mentors and mentees at all career stages
Program directors and organizational leaders
HR, L&D, and faculty development teams
If you influence people, culture, or career progression in healthcare, this book is for you.
Most mentoring books are generic. This one is healthcare-specific.
It directly addresses:
Power dynamics and hierarchy in healthcare
Time pressure, burnout, and role overload
Ethical risk and “mentorship malpractice”
Generational, cultural, and professional differences
The realities of clinical, academic, and leadership environments
It is designed for high-stakes systems, not idealized scenarios.
It is both, by design.
Each concept is grounded in research and lived experience, and then translated into practical tools, including:
Real-world examples
Clear frameworks
Reflection prompts
Scripts and conversation guides
Checklists and decision-support tools
You can read it cover to cover, or use it as a reference when mentoring challenges arise.
The book explores:
How mentoring actually works in healthcare settings
What mentors owe mentees and what mentees owe mentors
How to set clear expectations and boundaries
How mentoring relationships succeed or fail
How to recognize and prevent mentoring harm
How to support standout mentees without creating inequity
When and how mentoring relationships should evolve or end
How organizations can create mentoring cultures that are intentional and accountable
Yes. Explicitly.
A central theme of the book is the concept of mentorship malpractice – when well-intentioned mentoring causes harm due to power imbalance, misalignment, or lack of structure.
The book provides:
Early warning signs
Preventative strategies
Ethical decision-making guidance
Practical ways to protect both mentors and mentees
Absolutely.
While individual mentors and mentees will benefit, the book is also written for organizations and institutions.
It includes guidance on:
Designing mentoring programmes
Evaluating mentoring effectiveness
Aligning mentoring with organisational values and goals
Embedding mentoring into leadership and culture
Moving beyond informal or ad hoc approaches
Yes.
The book is well-suited for:
Faculty development programmes
Leadership training
Mentoring programme curricula
Organizational learning initiatives
Bulk orders and institutional use are supported.
How intentional, safe, and effective is mentoring in your organization — really? This short assessment helps healthcare leaders reflect on what is happening beneath the surface of their mentoring culture.
Take the assessmentTomorrow, January 27, 2026, Mentoring in Healthcare: The Definitive Guide to Cultivating Individual and Organizational Success officially launches, and we wanted to pause to share a milestone that has felt both surprising and genuinely meaningful. Since the book became available for pre-order, it has reached #1 on Amazon in several
