Mentorship of US Medical Students: a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mentoring of medical students remains a core pillar of medical education, yet the changing landscape of medicine has called for new and innovative mentoring models to guide students in professional development, career placement, and overall student well-being. The objective of this review is to identify and describe models of mentorship for US medical students.

Methods

We searched PubMed, PsycINFO, Education Resources Information Center, and Cochrane Databases of Systematic Reviews following PRISMA guidelines. We included original, English-language studies of any research design including descriptive studies that described a mentorship program at a US medical school designed for medical students.

Results

Our search yielded 3743 unique citations. Thirty arti

SUBMITTER: Farkas AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6848625 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature