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Mentoring for Admission and Retention of Black Socio-Ethnic Minorities in Medicine: A Scoping Review

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Kemzang, Julia, Bekolo, Gaelle, Jaunky, Sarvesh, Mathieu, Johanne, Constant, Hérold, Oguntala, Julianah, Rahmani, Malek, Louismé, Michael Christopher +6 more·2024·Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development
DOI 10.1177/23821205241283805PMC PMC11457251
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Purpose: Despite numerous mentoring strategies to promote academic success and eligibility in medicine, Black students remain disproportionately underrepresented in medicine. Therefore, we conducted a scoping review to identify the mentoring practices available to Black pre-medical students, medical students and medical residents, specifically the mentoring strategies used, their application, and their evaluation. Method: Between May 2023 and October 2023, the authors conducted a literature review. Studies that described a mentoring strategy applied among Black learners were eligible for inclusion, and all years of publication were included. Two reviewers screened each article using the Covidence tool, and conflicts were resolved by a third author. All reviewers extracted the data to summarize the various mentoring practices. Results: After screening 6292 articles, 42 articles met the criteria for full review. Of these, 14 studies were included in the study. Mentoring practices for Black students included peer mentoring, dyad mentoring, and group mentoring. Mentoring was typically offered through discussion groups, educational internships, and didactic activities. Evaluation of mentoring programs took into account (1) pass rates on medical exams (eg, MCAT, Casper), (2) receipt of an invitation to a medical school admissions interview, (3) successful match to a competitive residency program, and (4) a mentee's report of the overall experience and effectiveness of the program. Conclusion: This review is the first, to our knowledge, to focus on mentoring strategies implemented among Black learners in medicine. The results will inform mentoring strategies adapted for Black learners and will therefore address the underrepresentation of Black students in medicine.

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  • The benefits of mentorship and exposure to authentic clinical environments are well documented across the educational continuum.

    “Although much of the literature has focused on pre-medical and medical students, the benefits of mentorship and exposure to authentic clinical environments are well documented across the educational continuum [7–10].”

    From The Clinical Mentorship Program: a mixed-methods evaluation of a community-based medical education pathway program for high school students (2026) · cites this paper as [8]

    The Results (Impact of mentoring; page unavailable) report benefits of mentoring for students seeking medical-school admission and for medical residents. The Results (Mentoring strategies and activities; page unavailable) also describe clinical observerships used to generate interest in medicine before admission. The review does not establish benefits of exposure to clinical environments across the educational continuum. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Kemzang, J., Bekolo, G., Jaunky, S., Mathieu, J., Constant, H., Oguntala, J., Rahmani, M., Louismé, M. C., Medina, N., Kendall, C. E., Ewurabena, S., Hubert, D., Domecq, M.-C., & Fotsing, S.
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  • University of Ottawa (CA)
  • Queen's University (CA)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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Fotsing, Salomon
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Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development
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SAGE Publications
Published
2024-01
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11
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23821205241283805-23821205241283805
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2382-1205 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1177/23821205241283805
PMC
PMC11457251
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Institut du savoir Montfort-Recherche (2022-D03 Mentorat Adapté)
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
mentoring, Black students, underrepresentation in medicine, medical school admissions, student retention, premedical students, peer mentoring, group mentoring, medical residents, residency match, MCAT, CASPER

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