McMaster Racialized Resident Mentorship Program Evaluation
Grant
Overview
Overview
abstract
The McMaster Racialized Family Physician Mentorship Program Evaluation will formally evaluate the effectiveness of a racialized family medicine resident mentorship network at increasing racialized residents’ sense of belonging to the medical training environment and reducing the racial attainment gap in medical careers. This study will consist of three research phases. The first phase will collect baseline data on matriculating residents, measuring racial identity, other social identity factors, and measures of academic performance prior to beginning residency. Racialized residents will be asked to register their interest in being contacted to be involved with the mentorship network (Phase 2). The second phase will consist of a two year racialized mentorship program. Trained voluntary racialized family physicians will be matched to self-identified racialized residents with a requirement to meet at least three times a year to discuss their career and experiences during their training. Structured focus groups will explore participants’ sense of belonging to their residency community as well as experiences of discrimination and/or differential treatment in any aspect of their training. The third phase will collect information on resident attainment during the residency program. This grant application seeks funding for Phases 2 and 3 of a three-phase study assessing racial differences in academic attainment among Canadian family medicine residents and the impacts of a racialized mentorship program on residency outcomes. The first phase of this study has been funded by the CFPC Racialized Community Leadership grant.
