Peer-to-Peer Mental Health Training: A National Model for Peer Support for Medical and Dental Students
Our results demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of peer-led mental health training to increase first-year medical and dental students' related knowledge and confidence in identifying and responding to peers experiencing emotional distress. The resources developed for this training can be adapted to provide foundational mental health training at other medical and dental institutions.
Authors
- Armand Amini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5070-5266)
- Avina Rami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5509-6033)
- Surya Pulukuri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0751-0201)
- Marco Sander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-6196)
- Mark É. Czeisler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3100-7347)
- Marium Raza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8050-9402)
- Clara Baselga‐Garriga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7906-5752)
- David M. Abramson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7846-3588)
- Rhea W. Teng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7924-0506)
- Jennifer Potter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6221-8895)
- Fidencio Saldaña (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1857-0848)
- Ivo H. Cerda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4992-9841)
- Kaiz Esmail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7893-4749)
- William Oles
- Vivian Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8689-314X)
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- MedEdPORTAL
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11537
- Primary Topic
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00