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标题：Virtual Faculty and Peer Mentoring to Promote Social Belonging among Minoritized Physical Therapist and Nursing Students
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作者：Keshrie Naidoo ; Laura Plummer ; Martha McKean 等
期刊名称：Healthcare
电子版ISSN：2227-9032
出版年度：2022
卷号：10
期号：3
DOI：10.3390/healthcare10030416
语种：English
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Minoritized health sciences students report experiencing social isolation and discrimination, and cite the lack of faculty representation as barriers to their success. While virtual mentoring can increase sense of belonging and connectedness, these effects have not been examined in minoritized health sciences students. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether virtual mentoring from faculty and peers could decrease social isolation and promote social belonging among minoritized first-year physical therapy and nursing students. Using a mixed methods explanatory sequential design, racial and ethnic minority physical therapy and nursing students ( n = 8) received virtual mentoring and attended virtual networking events while students from across the health profession programs served as a comparison group ( n = 16). While virtual mentoring relationships took longer to establish, there was an increase in satisfaction with mentoring for the intervention group compared with no improvement for the comparison group who received traditional academic advising. Qualitative data analysis revealed that mentors served as role models who had overcome barriers and persevered, decreasing feelings of isolation, and bolstering mentee confidence. A virtual multiple-mentor model can decrease isolation and promote social belonging for minoritized students and offer support for students even after the pandemic.
关键词：enminoritized studentshealth sciencesvirtual mentoringsocial isolationpandemic