A “How-to” Guide for Establishing an Effective Trainee Mentorship Program

Mentorship during medical training has established benefits, including professional development, career guidance, research success, and wellness.1–8 However, access to mentorship is not always equitable, varying between trainees and institutions with gender- and race-based disparities.1,9–11 Implementation of formal mentorship programs is a strategy to improve equity in mentorship.12–15 Our previous scoping review of formal mentorship programs in residency training demonstrated that rigorous strategies for implementation and evaluation of these programs are lacking.