How It Works

MentorMeMed bridges the gap between the known benefits of mentorship and the difficulties some learners have finding it.

Institutions Subscribe

Step 1

Institutions Subscribe

Commensurate with their size, institutions pay an annual fee to gain full access to the MentorMeMed platform. One subscription fee covers all eligible UME and GME mentees within the institution.

Hospital systems with trainees can subscribe to the platform without having a medical school affiliation.

Medical societies with trainees as members can also subscribe to the platform.

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  • Small academic institutions (<50 per medical school class): 3,500/year
  • Medium academic institutions (50-100 per medical school class): 5,000/year
  • Large academic institutions (> 100 per medical school class): 7,500/year
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities: 1500/year
Access Granted

Step 2

Access Granted

Eligible mentors and mentees gain full access through their subscribing institution, leveraging the platform’s rich features, from a local and national mentorship network, to a dynamic library of up-to-date training modules, all covered for the duration of the subscription.

  • Example Mentee Modules: “How to Get the Most from Your Mentorship Relationships”, “Financial planning for Medical Students & Residents”, “Test Taking Tips & Tricks,” “Contracts & Negotiations,” “Maintaining Mental Health” and much more!
  • Example Mentor Modules: “Racial Diversity in the Physician Workforce: Why it Matters”, “Unique Challenges Facing Underrepresented Minorities in Medicine,” “How to Be an Effective Mentor”, “Mentoring Across Difference,”  “Moving from Mentorship to Sponsorship” and much more!  Mentor modules are eligible for CME credit.

Platform also features convenient scheduling and meeting capabilities.

Subscribing institutions receive outcomes data such as which searches are being performed and by whom, which matches are being made, and which characteristics describe the most successful matches.

Proof of Concept

  • Concept successfully piloted at 2 institutions by Founder
  • Program presented by Founder to national audiences – institutions want to know how to get in!
  • Strong interest from medical schools and research institutions provide business model validation at scale

We all work together

Each subscribing institution provides:

  • A supply of mentors, commensurate with the size of the institution. Mentors are invited into the program based on a set of minimum criteria.
  • Institutional reward for mentors who demonstrate meaningful participation in the program.
  • But, individual mentors can decide if they want to mentor on the local or national level.

 

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Size Schedule

  • Small academic institutions (< 50 per medical school class): at least 25 mentors
  • Medium academic institutions (50-100 per medical school class): at least 50 mentors
  • Large academic institutions (over 100 per medical school class): at least 75 mentors
  • HBCU’s No minimum required
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Minimum Criteria

  • shared background with program targets
    – URiM racial identity
    – First Gen background
    – Raised in low SES environment
  • OR positive track record with learners
    – high ratings on teaching evaluations
    – receipt of teaching award
  • OR by nomination
    – nominated by educational leadership
    – nominated by department leadership
    – nomination by current MMM mentors
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Examples of reward include the following:

  • Formal recognition towards academic promotion criteria.
  • Dedicated time (i.e. FTE) given for MentorMeMed mentorship activities.
  • Recognition toward Diversity Equity and Inclusion requirements for provider credentialing.
  • Continuing medical education credit (CME) for completion of mentorship training modules provided by the platform.
  • Financial compensation for effort.

Our mentors are the cornerstone of our success.

Our program focuses on recruiting the best mentors, equipping them by providing training and facilitating reward. Our mentor agreement can be found here.

  • Mentors will be permitted access to the platform through their sponsoring institution.
  • Mentors must meet the minimum requirements for participation as set forth by their sponsoring institution, in alignment with the recommendations of MentorMeMed.
  • Mentors must complete and attest to the completion of the mentor training modules accessible on the platform before beginning a mentorship relationship.
  • To preserve the quality of matches, Mentors must agree to mentor no more than 3 mentees at any one time.
  • Mentors must fill out a comprehensive profile (including availability), which will serve as consent for their information to be searched for by the mentees in the database.
  • Our data show that mentor availability & responsiveness is the most important factor a mentee considers when finding a mentor. Therefore, mentors must be responsive to requests for mentorship by the mentees. Unanswered requests will result in ejection from the program/database.
  • Mentors may participate in scholarship related to data obtained from MentorMeMed platform. Any data requests for the purposes of research must be made to MentorMeMed and will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
  • The MentorMeMed platform and program is proprietary. Therefore, Mentors must not reproduce any part of it in any way without expressed permission from MentorMeMed.

Our Mentees are the heart of the program.

The Mentee agreement can be found here.

  • Mentees are permitted access to the platform through their sponsoring institution.
  • Mentees must be from a racial or ethnic background underrepresented in medicine, be a first generation college graduate or be from an economically disadvantaged background to be part of the program.
  • Mentees must complete and attest to the completion of the mentee training modules accessible on the platform before beginning a mentorship relationship.
  • Mentees may access mentorship from any number of MentorMeMed mentors at any given time. However, mentees must agree to evaluate each mentor at 6-month intervals or at the conclusion of a mentorship relationship.
  • Mentees will be asked by MentorMeMed to fill out a basic user profile with demographic and contact information.
  • Mentees agree to be surveyed for career updates, so that MentorMeMed can track the success and impact of the program.
  • Mentees may be asked for feedback about MentorMeMed’s program and platform for quality improvement purposes.
  • At the conclusion of their training and exit from the sponsoring institution, Mentees may be asked to remain as Mentors assuming that the mentee has received benefit from the program.
  • The MentorMeMed platform and program is proprietary. Therefore, mentees must not reproduce any part of it in any way without expressed permission from MentorMeMed.
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