Bridging the Gap from Classroom to Clerkship to Career: Informal Surgical Mentorship for Pre-Clerkship Medical Students
A formal yet unstructured surgical mentorship program significantly improved pre-clerkship students' confidence in pursuing a surgical career and preparing for the surgical clerkship. Despite inconsistent meeting frequency, the program enabled meaningful mentorship without requiring rigid scheduling or extensive time commitments from participants.
Authors
- Joshua Lawton
- Lyndsey J. Kilgore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1511-8509)
- Meeli Patel
- Jordan Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4078-7296)
- D. G. Wentzel
- Cooper Root
Institutions
- University of Kansas (US)
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kansas Journal of Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol18.23769
- Primary Topic
- Mentoring and Academic Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00