BOOK REVIEW
THE PORTABLE
MEDICAL MENTOR:
TRAINING SUCCESS
Larry D. Florman, MD
Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2015
Reviewed by
M. Saleem Seyal, MD, FACC, FACP
I
n 2005, Dr. Larry Florman authored his first
book on the subject of mentoring the new
medical trainees in surgery entitled “ The Portable Surgical Mentor: A Handbook of Protocol
for Interns and Residents in Surgery” that was
primarily addressed to surgical residents. The
successor to the first book, published almost
a decade later, broadens the scope and is an
expanded and improved version that addresses
the specific needs of medical students who then
embark on their postgraduate education in various specialties and
subsp