Mentorship of Underrepresented Physicians and Trainees in Academic Medicine: a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Though the USA is becoming increasingly diverse, the physician workforce contains a disproportionately low number of physicians from racial and ethnic groups that are described as underrepresented in medicine (URiM). Mentorship has been proposed as one way to improve the retention and experiences of URiM physicians and trainees. The objective of this systematic review was to identify and describe mentoring programs for URiM physicians in academic medicine and to describe important themes from existing literature that can aid in the development of URiM mentorship programs.

Methods

The authors searched PubMed, PsycINFO, ERIC, and Cochrane databases, and included original publications that described a US mentorship program involving academic medical doctors at the fa

SUBMITTER: Bonifacino E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7852467 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature