An evaluation of cascading mentorship as advocacy training in undergraduate medical education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians are in a position of great influence to advocate for health equity. As such, it is important for physicians-in-training to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to fulfil this role. Although various undergraduate medical programs have implemented health advocacy training, they often lack experiential learning and physician involvement. These aspects are foundational to the Advocacy Mentorship Initiative (AMI) which utilizes cascading mentorship as a novel approach to advocacy training. Medical students develop advocacy competency as peer mentors to youth raised in at-risk environments, while also being mentored themselves by physician residents. We aim to determine whether there are specific advantages to utilizing cascading mentorship to facilitate the a

SUBMITTER: Patel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7818733 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature