Alignment of roles of near-peer mentors for medical students underrepresented in medicine with medical education competencies: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical student learning experiences should facilitate progressive development of competencies required for practice. Medical school training opportunities have traditionally focused on acquiring medical knowledge and patient care competencies while affording less opportunity to receive feedback on practice-based improvement and system-based practice competencies. The Prematriculation program at the University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth Campus (UM MSD) utilized near-peer mentors to support the transition of students underrepresented in medicine, including American Indian/ Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and those from rural backgrounds, into medical school. The purpose of this study is to better define the role of near-peer mentors and explore the alignment of near-peer m

SUBMITTER: Prunuske A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6849195 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature