Mentoring for Admission and Retention of Black Socio-Ethnic Minorities in Medicine: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Despite numerous mentoring strategies to promote academic success and eligibility in medicine, Black students remain disproportionately underrepresented in medicine. Therefore, we conducted a scoping review to identify the mentoring practices available to Black pre-medical students, medical students and medical residents, specifically the mentoring strategies used, their application, and their evaluation.

Method

Between May 2023 and October 2023, the authors conducted a literature review. Studies that described a mentoring strategy applied among Black learners were eligible for inclusion, and all years of publication were included. Two reviewers screened each article using the Covidence tool, and conflicts were resolved by a third author. All reviewers extracted the

SUBMITTER: Kemzang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11457251 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature