Participant perceptions of using research mentorship to create a pipeline program for premedical students underrepresented in medicine
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The Medical Mentorship Program (MMP) at the University of Michigan was established to use research as a vehicle to mentor undergraduate students from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine (URiM). Eleven undergraduate students were paired with a medical student mentor and faculty principal investigator to lead a research project and participate in educational sessions. We found that 100% of undergraduates agreed that the program increased their interest in medicine. Additionally, 83.4% of medical students and 100% of faculty agreed they gained valuable mentorship experience. In conclusion, MMP provided URiM undergraduate students with valuable research, mentorship, networking, and medical exposure. Supplementary information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-025-02312-z.
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By promoting close guidance with individuals with shared identity, students are more likely to develop the confidence, interest, and skills to pursue higher education.
“By promoting close guidance with individuals with shared identity, students are more likely to develop the confidence, interest, and skills to pursue higher education [6,17,23].”
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The Background describes one-to-one mentorship for undergraduates underrepresented in medicine, with skills development, and reports prior evidence of improved confidence about medical-school applications. Undergraduate Research and Medical Exposure reports that participants said the program increased their interest in medicine. The paper does not establish that mentors shared students’ identities or that shared identity caused these outcomes; its findings also concern medicine rather than higher education generally. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredPrograms incorporating peer and faculty mentorship components demonstrated increased interest in healthcare, higher entry into medical and graduate school, and high student-reported satisfaction.
“Numerous programs have incorporated peer and faculty mentorship components, demonstrating increased interest in healthcare, higher entry into medical and graduate school, and high student-reported satisfaction [6,17,23].”
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The Abstract describes a program pairing undergraduates with medical-student and faculty mentors, and Undergraduate Research and Medical Exposure reports that all eight surveyed undergraduates agreed it increased their interest in medicine. Limitations and Future Directions says medical-school matriculation is a future outcome to assess, not a demonstrated result. The paper reports positive feedback, but does not establish high overall student satisfaction or higher entry into medical and graduate school. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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- Authors
- Wang, J., Kaufhold, R., Wang, T., Rajpurkar, A., Shapiro, J., Garrett, S., Hameed, M., & Bohm, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Henry Ford Health (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bohm, Lauren
- Venue
- Medical Science Educator
- Published
- 2025-02-10
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 619-624
- ISSN
- 2156-8650 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC12058630
- OpenAlex
- W4407341160
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1
- FWCI
- 1.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- Locations
- Medical Science Educator (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM007863)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mentoring and Academic Development
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Career Development and Diversity
- Keywords
- research mentorship, underrepresented in medicine, premedical students, undergraduate research, participant perceptions, medical education
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