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Mentoring

ASTI mentoring

Informal, voluntary conversations between members about careers, projects and working with technology.

Mentoring is a supportive conversation between peers. It is not clinical supervision, appraisal, occupational health support, or a substitute for your training programme, employer processes or professional advice. Mentors are volunteers and are not acting on behalf of the society when giving personal views.

How it works

Three simple steps

Say what you are looking for

Members set out whether they would like to mentor, be mentored, or both.

Agree how you will work

Pairs agree frequency, format and boundaries at the first conversation, and either side can end the arrangement.

Review it honestly

The society asks for brief, anonymous feedback so the scheme can be improved.

Topics

Areas members often discuss

Research
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Medical devices
Entrepreneurship
Academic surgery
Patents and IP
Startup development
NHS innovation
Surgical careers