"A Look Under the Hood": Reflections on the Inaugural RIME Mentorship Program

Paolo C Martin, Philicia Duncan, Andres Fernandez, Nicole A Perez, Daniele Ölveczky*

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Abstract

In 2021, Research in Medical Education (RIME) celebrated 60 years of advancing scholarship in health professions education (HPE). At that time, the nation's educational institutions faced a public reckoning on the long-standing pandemic of racism that sweltered in their practices and policies, laid bare by COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matters movement. RIME responded with a mentorship program for minoritized early career HPE faculty, which aims to amplify their voices in settings where their experiences and contributions are frequently dampened. The program fosters professional development through structured activities, participation as RIME committee interns, and formal mentorship channels to support career growth and offer experiences with scholarly publishing. This commentary was written by the first cohort of RIME mentees who are HPE scholars from various professions and diverse backgrounds with struggles traversing professional landscapes as immigrants and as individuals with minoritized identities and hopes for belonging in medical and educational institutions. In this commentary, the mentees describe the merits of the RIME mentorship program and what it meant to them and their unique marginalities. They also examine opportunities for improvements within the program to further reduce barriers faced by minoritized early career HPE faculty who often face limited support with scholarly activities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S10-S13
JournalAcademic Medicine
Volume98
Issue number11S
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2023

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