The STRIVE Initiative: A Resident-Led Mentorship Framework for Underrepresented Minority Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Underrepresented minority (URM) trainees face unique challenges in academic medicine. Near-peer mentorship is an under-described method to support URM trainees.

Objective

We created and evaluated the Student to Resident Institutional Vehicle for Excellence (STRIVE) program in a large urban medical school and associated residency programs.

Methods

All URM residents were invited to participate in the STRIVE mentorship program consisting of 3 pillars of programming: medical school curriculum review sessions, panel discussions, and social events for medical students. The program was evaluated through participation rates and a 7-item survey delivered in May 2019 after 3 years of implementation.

Results

The STRIVE initiative conducted 25 events. Thirty-fiv

SUBMITTER: Youmans QR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7012519 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature