Mentorship from physicians is essential for students to navigate through each phase of their careers and develop their professional identities. Although the onus of seeking out mentorship should be on the student, we wish to lower the barrier to mentorship opportunities through creating a registry of ACPNJ members interested in serving as career and research mentors. This registry will facilitate connections between students and mentors for career guidance and/or research opportunities. We also aim to host monthly ‘Ask Me Anything’ career mentorship sessions on a public forum on the ACPNJ medical student website for all students to benefit from reading about various perspectives and career paths of different physicians.

If you are interested in being linked with a career and/or research mentor during this academic year, please complete this ~5-minute survey, which will allow us to learn more about your interests and career goals. You will also be asked to rank your top 3 preferred mentors from the de-identified mentor profiles attached in the email. To ensure the equitability of the matching process, we will then send your de-identified survey responses to your ranked mentors, who will then select their mentees based on goodness of fit. Finally, you and your assigned mentor will then discuss individualized expectations for the mentorship experience based on each mentor’s preferences and bandwidth (rather than our committee establishing general expectations).

Due to a limited number of mentors, please note that there is a possibility that some students will not be linked to a mentor during this academic year. Given our commitment to maximize the equitability of mentor linkage, we will de-identify your survey responses and allow mentors to select their mentees rather than have our committee play gatekeeper. All students are also invited to access the monthly 'Ask Me Anything' career mentorship sessions as an alternative.

Thank you for your time!

ACPNJ Medical Student Committee