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Describing a novel, national, vertical mentorship program for women in emergency medicine across Canada

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Mentorship models deviating from traditional staff-student dyads are beginning to emerge, and the CAEP Women in Emergency Medicine (WEM) Committee has implemented a novel, vertical mentorship program in the hopes of increasing mentorship accessibility across Canada for students, residents, and attending physicians. The vertical mentorship consisted of an attending physician, resident, and medical student all practicing or interested in EM. Groups were created based on location or niche preference. Early and post-mentorship surveys were sent to all 60 participants to gauge overall impact on career development, academic promotion, emotional wellbeing, and niche development. Overall, the implementation of an innovative, national, vertical mentorship program was largely beneficial for the personal wellbeing and professional development of participants. Academic institutions are strongly encouraged to implement formal vertical mentorship to increase access to mentorship for trainees at all stages in their career.

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Des modèles de mentorat qui s’écartent des dyades traditionnelles du personnel et des étudiants commencent à émerger, et le Comité des femmes en médecine d’urgence (ME) de l’ACMU a mis en œuvre un nouveau programme de mentorat vertical dans l’espoir d’accroître l’accessibilité du mentorat partout au Canada pour les étudiants. les résidents et les médecins traitants. Le mentorat vertical consistait en un médecin traitant, un résident et un étudiant en médecine, tous pratiquant ou intéressés par la SE. Les groupes ont été créés en fonction de l’emplacement ou de la préférence de niche. Des sondages ont été envoyés aux 60 participants pour évaluer l’impact global sur le développement de carrière, la promotion académique, le bien-être émotionnel et le développement de niche. Dans l’ensemble, la mise en œuvre d’un programme de mentorat novateur, national et vertical a été largement bénéfique pour le bien-être personnel et le perfectionnement professionnel des participants. Les établissements d’enseignement sont fortement encouragés à mettre en œuvre un mentorat vertical formel afin d’accroître l’accès au mentorat pour les stagiaires à toutes les étapes de leur carrière.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Isabella Menchetti

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

    Chau Pham

  3. Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Isabella Menchetti

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IM and CP conceived and designed the mentorship program and both surveys. IM obtained ethics approval and led the distribution of the surveys to mentorship program participants, supervised by CP. IM was responsible for collecting all data. IM drafted the manuscript. CP was the primary content expert and contributed substantive changes to the manuscript. All authors have seen and approved the final manuscript version. IM takes responsibility for the manuscript as a whole.

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Correspondence to Isabella Menchetti.

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This study was approved by the University of Manitoba Health Research Ethics Board (HREB). Ethics # HS25448 (H2022:124).

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Menchetti, I., Pham, C. Describing a novel, national, vertical mentorship program for women in emergency medicine across Canada. Can J Emerg Med 26, 409–412 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-024-00715-2

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