Medical Student Mentoring Programs | LCOM Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | The University of Vermont(title)

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sponsors group and individual mentoring programs to support medical students, including those from underrepresented and underserved backgrounds.*
Mentoring

Why Mentorship?

Research has supported the importance of mentoring for medical education satisfaction and achievement. As you begin medical school, you may have questions about this new and challenging environment - a mentor can enhance your medical school journey by sharing insights and experiences.

Mentoring Programs

LCOM Mentors Program
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The LCOM Mentors Program pairs medical students with faculty members and/or residents who have common interests and goals and is designed with the busy schedules of both faculty and medical students. 

The program supports mentor-mentee pairs through programmatic features such as training, social events, professional development tips, and workshops. 

An LCOM Mentor can help medical students:

  • Understand how to “navigate” LCOM culture, systems and colleagues
  • Establish productive courses of academic progress and scholarship
  • Develop effective strategies in coordinating academic and life balance throughout medical school and beyond.

This relationship can support the medical student (the mentee) to become familiar with institutional expectations, networks, and practices that are relevant to productivity and advancement at the Larner College of Medicine. 

For more information contact: 
Dr. Eileen CichoskiKelly (eileen.cichoskikelly@uvm.edu), Academic Excellence Liaison, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Finding Affinity and Mentorship Program (FAM)
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The Finding Affinity and Mentorship (FAM) program offers: 
 

  • Group-based mentorship with mentors and mentees from underrepresented and underserved backgrounds*
  • Interprofessional mentorship
  • Networking & social events 
  • Professional development in mentorship skills 

For more information please contact:

Mentoring Signup!
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*Our priority groups are as defined by the Policy on Mission Aligned Recruitment, Retention, and Outreach Activities (PDF) and encompasses students who fall into any of the following categories:  

  • From low socioeconomic and disadvantaged backgrounds
  • Vermont residents from rural areas
  • LGBTQIA+
  • From racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in medicine, including Latinx, Hispanic, Black, African American, Alaska/Hawaii Native, Native American, and Puerto Rican) 
  • In the first generation of those in their family to attend college