The ultimate goal of mentorship is to enable the mentee to identify and achieve academic and professional outcomes after the training period. Along the way, there are many objectives to be achieved, all of which must be consciously considered so they do not get lost or forgotten. Non-research/teaching professional development activities are sometimes seen as distractions from the core business of doing research and teaching but are often critically important to identifying and successfully meeting the mentee’s long-term career objectives.
