Medical Student Mentorship in the COVID-19 Era.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Covid-19 pandemic led to a reduction of in-person, guided mentorship due to social distancing and an emphasis on virtual meetings. The effect of these changes on medical students' experiences and specialty choice has yet to be studied in a large-scale manner.

Objective

To determine the perspective of third- and fourth-year medical students regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mentorship.

Design

The authors distributed a modified Likert scale questionnaire (score: 1-10) to assess responses.

Participants

Third- and fourth-year medical students at two large US allopathic medical schools.

Main measures

Responses to each survey item were analyzed to characterize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mentorship relationships in medi

SUBMITTER: Bishop R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10597976 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature