Canadian Medical Education Journal (Jan 2021)

Implementation and evaluation of “I-Guide,” a pilot near-peer Internal Medicine mentorship program

  • Hamza Mahmood,
  • Katina Zheng,
  • Sarah Elias,
  • Laura Sheriff,
  • Kaitlin Endres,
  • Soroush Rouhani,
  • Gurpreet Malhi,
  • Karima Khamisa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.70315
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2

Abstract

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Implication Statement An Internal Medicine (IM) specific, near-peer mentorship program was initiated at the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) in 2017. Medical students were paired with IM resident mentors in an effort to improve career decision-making. Additionally, residents had the opportunity to formally teach mentees various high-yield IM topics. Program evaluation was completed using data from three participant cohorts, and showed that the program had a positive impact on students’ career decision making. Given the program’s flexible nature and ease of implementation, it is well suited for adaptation at other institutions.