A Novel Facilitated Peer-Mentoring Program: Paving the Way for a Diverse Cardiology Workforce

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Yetunde A. Fatade, Mayo Clinic; Anita Osabutey, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Oreoluwa E. Olakunle, Massachusetts General Hospital; Tre'cherie Crumbs, Emory University; Alexis Kofi Okoh, Emory University; Modele O Ogunniyi, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2024-07
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier on behalf of the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101044
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: JACC: Advances
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 7
• Start Page: 101044
• Keywords: academic environment; peer-to-peer mentoring; personal development; professional development; early career faculty; research productivity; mentorship
• Research Categories: Education, Higher

Abstract

Mentorship plays a key role in advancing the professional and personal development and research productivity of trainees and early career faculty. Often, underrepresented minority (URM) trainees face the added challenge of finding the right mentors due to the limited pool of diverse mentors, a lack of role models, and training in an inclusive academic environment. Facilitated peer mentorship creates a structure whereby an experienced faculty member or a senior mentor augments peer-to-peer mentoring of mentees with mutual interests in a collaborative academic environment.