A scoping review of mentorship in Graduate Medical Education: a proposed conceptual framework.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mentorship is increasingly recognized as a foundational stone within Graduate Medical Education (GME), contributing to clinical competency, scholarly engagement, professional identity formation, and psychological well-being. Despite its growing recognition, mentorship in GME remains inconsistently structured, under-theorized, and variably evaluated. This conceptual and structural ambiguity hampers the ability to design, compare, and scale mentorship efforts meaningfully across settings. This scoping review aimed to systematically explore the structure, theoretical foundations, evaluation approaches, and reported outcomes of mentorship programs in GME, and to develop a conceptual framework to guide the design of context-sensitive, outcome-aligned mentorship intervention

SUBMITTER: Abdelmannan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12400154 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature