With increasing numbers of doctoral programs, and a persistent high attrition rate, the need to provide support to PhD students grows. Faculty mentoring is one strategy employed by many doctoral programs to address attrition, although objectives, methods and responsibilities of the mentor role vary. The purpose of this integrative literature review was to synthesize outcomes and characteristics...

BACKGROUND Community learning and e-mentoring, learning methods used in higher education, are not used to any extent in residency education. Yet both have the potential to enhance resident learning and, in the case of community learning, introduce residents to basic lifelong learning skills. We set out to determine whether residents participating in an Internet based e-mentoring program would, ...

This pilot study compared second- and fourth-year dental students' perceived values of newly implemented clinical leadership experiences (CLEs) at one U.S. dental school during the 2012-13 academic year. In the CLEs, fourth-year (D4) students mentored second-year (D2) dental students during faculty-supervised patient treatment. The two cohorts' perceived value of the experiences was measured wi...

What is the most effective method of evaluating the programs offered to undergraduate and postgraduate students by Language and Academic Skills staff? We know that many students benefit from the diversity of approaches taken in our work, but are we evaluating these such that the funding bodies are convinced? There is no doubt that we need to evaluate programs, but should we be pressured into on...

Abstract Aim The aim of this review is to evaluate the impact structured mentoring programs on underrepresented minorities in undergraduate medical education. Method A comprehensive search strategy was performed electronic databases including PubMed, Ovid Medline, and EMBASE between January- September 2022 accordance with PRISMA guidelines. Both qualitative quantitative outcomes characteristics...