Table 1.

Program Evaluation Methods and Evaluation Results for Programs with Objective Outcomes

Study, year	Program evaluation	Evaluation results
Nellis, 201621	Survey and retrospective review	• Students rated the mentorship highly 4.85/5 • 7/15 students applied to otolaryngology residencies • 6/7 matched successfully • URM* representation among the residents at the host institution increased from 9% of the total residents before the program to 16%
Day, 201623	Survey and retrospective review	• 50% of participants received a grade of honors during their surgical clerkship vs. 31.5% non-participants (p value = 0.05) • Participants reported that their resident mentor strongly impacted their decision to pursue surgery
Sobbing, 201523	Survey and retrospective review	• Increase in the number of medical students applying to the residency program vs. prior to the program (2 to 11 applicants) • 56% reported receiving advice on personal development/support • 40% reported feeling well/extremely well connected with their mentor
Zuzarregui, 201534	Retrospective review	• Increase in the number of medical students entering neurology from an average of 2.8 per year to 7.5 per year (p value < 0.05) • Increased the number of medical student research projects, posters and publications vs. prior to the program from 7 to 22 (p value < 0.05)
Hirsch, 201518	Retrospective review	• 17/58 participants (29.3%) applied to and matched into radiation oncology (100% match rate) vs. national match rate of 85.1% (p value 0.14) • Over 10 years mentee research productivity: 53 publications, 75 national presentations, 10 national awards
Indyk, 201118	Post-residency match survey and annual focus groups	• For each year of the program, participants were more likely to match into primary care vs. non-participants (year 1 87.5% vs 55.8% and year 2 78.9% vs 35.9%) • 61.0% of participants reported that the mentor influenced their career • Themes from qualitative analysis: (1) impact on the understanding of primary care and (2) facilitators and inhibitors of the mentoring relationship
Johnson, 199836	Retrospective review	• Percent of URM students obtaining honors increased for 3 of the 5 required third-year clerkships vs. prior to the program

*Underrepresent minorities