... enhances access for underrepresented groups, particularly women, by cultivating non-traditional skills and perspectives. These competencies are practised through mentorship, peer collaboration and contextually relevant curricula, enabling participants to navigate systemic and gendered barriers and align...

...Stephanie Yifan Zhou; Anita Balakrishna; Joyce Nyhof-Young; Imaan Javeed; Lisa Annette Robinson Purpose As medical schools become increasingly diverse, there is a growing demand for schools to support their equity-seeking students. At the University of Toronto, the diversity mentorship program...

... to be published between the years 2001 and 2017; in a peer-reviewed journal; and available through the university library system. Findings The majority of manuscripts in the meta-analysis revealed high teaching and service loads, ambiguous standards for tenure and lack of culturally responsive mentorship...