Effect of cardiothoracic surgery mentorship on underrepresented high school students
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Program mentors, including medical students, residents, and physicians, can guide underrepresented students through the application process.
“Moreover, program mentors, including medical students, residents, and physicians, can guide underrepresented students through the application process [11,16,20,24,25].”
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The program description (section labeled Abstract; page not provided) says medical students and residents gave high school students practical advice on scholarships, degree programs, and tests required for college applications. It also identifies attending surgeons as mentors, but does not say they guided students through the application process or describe guidance through that process as a whole. (LLM, conf=0.82)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredSuch programs foster greater interest and promote improved self-confidence by making rigorous fields more approachable.
“Thus, such programs foster greater interest and promote improved self-confidence by making rigorous fields more approachable [11].”
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Likert-scale data showed increases in confidence in college preparation, self-efficacy in pursuing surgery, and interest in pursuing medical careers in the Hutchings et al. surgery mentorship program.
“Likert-scale data showed increases in confidence in college preparation, self-efficacy in pursuing surgery, and interest in pursuing medical careers [11].”
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Programs targeting subspecialties can provide tailored information, preparation, and mentorship to foster interest tailored to a niche.
“Programs targeting subspecialties can provide tailored information, preparation, and mentorship to foster interest tailored to a niche [5,8,11,18,24].”
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Efficacy of Early Exposure Medical Programs for Underrepresented Students: A Systematic Review
Jaganathan, N., Guntaka, R., Goel, V., Odo, N., Sun, Z., & Arthur, M. E. (2026) · Cureus · doi:10.7759/cureus.109396
- Authors
- Hutchings, H., Chang, D., Ruffin, W., Mohan, N., Hooper, R., Brue, K., & Okereke, I.
- Affiliations
- Henry Ford Health (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Okereke, Ikenna
- Venue
- The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2024-05
- Volume
- 167
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1885-1890
- ISSN
- 0022-5223 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4385250051
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 2
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Career Development and Diversity
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mentoring and Academic Development
- Keywords
- cardiothoracic surgery, mentoring, underrepresented in medicine, high school students, diversity in surgery, women surgeons, racial and ethnic diversity, surgical workforce, career pipeline
- MeSH terms
- Career Choice, Humans, Mentors, Students, Medical
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