An evaluation of cascading mentorship as advocacy training in undergraduate medical education.
Mitesh PatelDevon AitkenYunlin XueSanjeev SockalingamAlexander SimpsonPublished in: BMC medical education (2021)
AMI offers a unique method of advocacy training through cascading mentorship that engages medical students both as mentors to at-risk youth and mentees to resident physicians. Through cascading mentorship, medical students advance in their advocacy-related skills and understanding of social determinants of health.
Keyphrases
- medical students
- medical education
- mental health
- healthcare
- virtual reality
- primary care
- public health
- acute myocardial infarction
- physical activity
- patient safety
- young adults
- health information
- quality improvement
- heart failure
- coronary artery disease
- risk assessment
- acute coronary syndrome
- drug induced
- left ventricular