Changing the Approach in Supporting and Advancing Underrepresented in Medicine (UIM) Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Research has shown the importance of diversity in improving patient care. Medical students from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine (UIM) face unique challenges, including minority tax, stereotype threat, and expectations to be the sole representative of their identity group. Mentors must be aware of these challenges and develop skills to address them.

Methods

We designed a 90-minute workshop about the challenges UIM students encounter in medical school and best practices in mentorship. Target audience and facilitators were undergraduate medical educators. Three videos and questions for case-based facilitated small-group discussion with medical school faculty and administrators were included. Using a retrospective pre-post design, we elicited participants'

SUBMITTER: Knight A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11413166 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature