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Purpose The Department of Medicine’s most precious resource is its personnel, and the future vitality of the Department depends on the successful development of faculty with particular emphasis on junior faculty. Therefore, the purpose of the Department of Medicine (DOM) Junior Faculty Mentoring Program is to provide junior faculty with the opportunity to learn and receive guidance from senior faculty and seasoned researchers in the areas of grantsmanship, funding opportunities and career development issues. The mentoring program is structured to address the primary concerns of junior faculty such as determining professional expectations, setting benchmarks to gauge progress towards meeting expectations, developing a career plan, and assuring that the career plan is consonant with expectations.

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