Near-Peer Mentorship as a Welcome Ritual: Exploring the What and How of McGill’s “Buddy Program”

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Near-Peer Mentorship as a Welcome Ritual: Exploring the What and How of McGill’s “Buddy Program”
Abstract
The authors note that since 2015, the “Buddy Program,” a near-peer mentoring program operated by the McGill Student Society, has successfully welcomed 1,152 first-year medical students into medical school with the help of 848 dedicated second-year medical student mentors. They point out that this innovative, low-cost, time-efficient, automated and scalable model offers a reproducible framework and toolkit for similar institutions that wish to realize the benefits of near-peer mentoring. The authors conclude that with unique features such as matching based on personal interests and continual improvements, such as the Meet-&-Greet event and associated orientation booklets, the program is a pioneering example of student-run near-peer mentorship.
Publication
Canadian Medical Education Journal / Revue canadienne de l'éducation médicale
Date
2025
Volume
Vol. 16
Issue
no. 4
Pages
67-70
Language
en
Citation
Moussa, Sarah, Nehal Islam, Aurgho Datta, Abdullatif Hassan, and Adam Hassan. “Near-Peer Mentorship as a Welcome Ritual: Exploring the What and How of McGill’s ‘Buddy Program.’” Canadian Medical Education Journal / Revue canadienne de l’éducation médicale Vol. 16, no. 4 (2025): 67–70.
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