Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, Texas.
WMJ. 2021 Apr;120(1):17-22.
Studies suggest widespread advantages to peer mentoring programs; however, there is minimal data pertaining to medical students mentoring undergraduate students.
To determine the feasibility and perceived effectiveness of a medical student-undergraduate student peer mentorship program.
A needs assessment guided the development of Pre-Med Pair Up, a program connecting medical student mentors from the Medical College of Wisconsin and other US medical schools to undergraduates at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh to provide peer mentorship, premedical resources, and global health information. After 6 months, surveys were distributed to 43 premedical and 26 medical students to evaluate the program. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlations () were used to assess the relational strength between program components and student confidence and knowledge.
Eleven undergraduate and 26 medical students completed surveys. Most undergraduates expressed increased confidence in abilities as premedical students associated with program involvement (18.2% great, 27.3% moderate, 45.5% minimal, 9.1% no improvement). Increased confidence was strongly correlated with knowledge of volunteer opportunities ( = 0.887, < 0.001) and feelings of preparedness for the medical school application process ( = 0.854, = 0.001) and curriculum ( = 0.871, < 0.001).
While self-reported confidence improved and overall positive program outcomes were statistically significant, the number of participants was low and the number who completed mid-year surveys was even lower. Therefore, no conclusions about program effectiveness were made. Instead, a lessons-learned approach was used to discuss the pilot development, implementation, and suggestions for future program installment.
研究表明同伴指导计划有广泛的优势；然而，关于医学生指导本科生的相关数据很少。
确定医学生-本科生同伴指导计划的可行性和感知效果。
需求评估指导了 Pre-Med Pair Up 的发展，该计划将威斯康星医学院和其他美国医学院的医学生导师与马凯特大学和威斯康星大学奥什科什的本科生联系起来，提供同伴指导、医学预科资源和全球健康信息。6 个月后，向 43 名医预科学生和 26 名医学生分发了调查，以评估该计划。使用描述性统计和 Pearson 相关性 () 评估了计划组成部分与学生信心和知识之间的关系强度。
11 名本科生和 26 名医学生完成了调查。大多数本科生表示，与计划参与相关的医学预科生能力信心增强（18.2%很大，27.3%中等，45.5%轻微，9.1%无改善）。信心增强与志愿机会知识（ = 0.887， < 0.001）、对医学院申请流程（ = 0.854， = 0.001）和课程（ = 0.871， < 0.001）的准备情况呈强相关。
虽然自我报告的信心有所提高，总体上积极的计划结果具有统计学意义，但参与者人数较少，完成年中调查的人数甚至更少。因此，没有对计划效果做出任何结论。相反，采用了经验教训的方法来讨论试点开发、实施以及对未来计划的建议。
