Volume 11 • 2024 • Issue 6

The Value of Mentorship A program inManitoba has been buildingmentorship relationships for nearly 30 years Since it was founded in 1996, the Manitoba Dental Association (MDA) and the University of Manitoba Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry Dental Student Mentorship Program has provided mentorship opportunities for almost 900 dental students. Each student is matched with a practising dentist for all 4 years of their dental school. During the course of the program, a mentorship relationship develops through formal structured events— including seminars, workshops, continuing education programs, panel discussions, and special events where all mentors and mentees come together—and informal activities arranged by the mentor-mentee pairs. Manitoba Dental Association pins. 20 | 2024 | Issue 6

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