Rainbow Medicine has launched a structured mentorship programme for early-career practitioners in fertility, IVF support, women's health and Chinese herbal medicine. The programme runs in cohorts of four mentees and offers six months of supervised practice, monthly group meetings and individual case reviews with senior clinicians.

The aim of the programme is to bridge the gap between graduation and competent solo practice — a gap that is well-documented across allied health and frequently identified as a driver of early-career burnout. Rainbow Medicine draws on its own clinical leadership team and visiting senior practitioners for supervision.

"Most graduates leave training programmes technically competent but inexperienced in the messy realities of clinic life — billing, difficult conversations, complex cases, professional self-care," said Dr Christine Shen. "Mentorship is how those gaps get filled, and we wanted to do that systematically rather than ad-hoc."

Applications for the next cohort open six weeks before the start of each programme. Selection is based on clinical training, references and a short interview. Mentees commit to attending all monthly group sessions and to keeping a structured reflective journal — a key part of how the programme builds clinical reasoning.

There is a small course fee that contributes to senior practitioner time and venue costs; partial scholarships are available for graduates in financial hardship. Full details and the application form are at /en/mentorship.