“It’s to Dr. Sawalha’s credit that the program includes international participants,” she says. “He spent a lot of effort on this, and it is my sincere hope that more potential mentors can spare some time to share their pearls [of wisdom] with the younger generations.”
Dr. Ferucci would absolutely recommend the mentoring experience to other rheumatology colleagues. She says, “In addition to getting an opportunity to mentor new peer reviewers, you get an opportunity to meet rheumatologists you might not otherwise meet. For example, I’m based in Alaska and have mentored people all across the U.S. and even currently have a mentee in Nepal.”
Gretchen Henkel is a health and medical journalist based in California.
For more information on this mentoring program visit: https://rheumatology.org/acr-journals-peer-review-mentoring-program. Questions? Contact Christy Austin via email at [email protected].
