Institute of Microbiology University of Lausanne and University Hospital Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2017 Jul;23(7):448-453. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.04.027. Epub 2017 May 4.
Clinical microbiology is a field in constant evolution, with increasing technological opportunities and a growing emphasis on human and social issues. Maintaining knowledge and skills and anticipating future changes is challenging both for laboratory managers and for all the co-workers. Training and succession preparation represents a unique opportunity to adapt/prepare future generations according to the evolutions of the field.
The aim of this review is to provide to clinical microbiologists a reflection on ongoing technological and social changes in their field and a deepening of the central role of preparing future generations to these changes through a fruitful mentor-mentee relationship.
This narrative review relies on selected publications addressing mentor-mentee interactions in various academic fields, on interview with our colleagues and pairs, as well as on our personal experience.
From the qualities and aspects that emerged as necessary for a productive mentor-mentee interaction, we selected and discuss five of them for the mentor: the role and responsibility, the positioning, the vision, the scientific credibility, and the moral credibility, as well as five for the mentee: creativity, flexibility, energy, responsibility, and self evaluation.
This review emphasizes the importance of both the scientific and the ethical credibility of the mentor and the mentee as well as the importance of human and social values such as solidarity, equality, equity, respectfulness, and empathy, and might support mentor and mentee in the field of clinical microbiology and also in the field of infectious disease in their intent for a fruitful interaction.
临床微生物学是一个不断发展的领域，技术机会不断增加，对人类和社会问题的重视程度也在不断提高。对于实验室经理和所有同事来说，保持知识和技能并预测未来的变化都是具有挑战性的。培训和继任准备是根据该领域的发展使未来几代人适应/做好准备的独特机会。
本综述旨在为临床微生物学家提供对其领域中正在发生的技术和社会变化的思考，并通过富有成效的导师-学员关系深入探讨为这些变化培养未来一代的核心作用。
本叙述性综述依赖于选定的出版物，这些出版物涉及各个学术领域的导师-学员互动，以及对我们同事和学员的访谈，以及我们的个人经验。
从作为富有成效的导师-学员互动所必需的素质和方面中，我们选择并讨论了导师的五个方面：角色和责任、定位、愿景、科学可信度和道德可信度，以及学员的五个方面：创造力、灵活性、精力、责任感和自我评价。
本综述强调了导师和学员的科学和道德可信度的重要性，以及团结、平等、公平、尊重和同理心等人类和社会价值观的重要性，这可能会支持临床微生物学领域的导师和学员，以及传染病领域的导师和学员，使他们能够进行富有成效的互动。
