1. Assessing the need for Black mentorship within residency training in Canada.
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Egbedeyi, Onaope, El-Hadi, Hadal, Madzima, Tina R., Semalulu, Teresa, Tunde-Byass, Modupe, Swaleh, Rukia, and Black Physicians of Canada Research Group
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MENTORING ,MEDICAL school admission ,CAREER development ,MEDICAL personnel ,MEDICAL students - Abstract
With an increasing number of Black medical trainees, mentorship will be crucial to their professional development and career advancement.[7],[13] Can mentorship improve representation and experiences of Black medical learners? Black medical learners in Canada are disproportionately underrepresented, in part because of institutional policies and practices that promote biased admission processes, microaggressions and discrimination. Mentorship programs for Black high school, undergraduate and medical students have increased in number over the past few years;[20],[22]-[26] however, this is not replicated for Black residents, fellows or early-career physicians, especially in regard to racially concordant mentorship. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022
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