Table 1.
Semistructured Survey Instrument
Career Choice |
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Where are you headed in your future career? |
How do your current career plans compare to those you had when you entered medical school? |
What is it about you and your life circumstances that has brought you to this career choice? |
What factors have either reinforced or altered your career trajectory? |
Where in your future work do you see care for the underserved? |
Can you speak to the role of the Underserved pathway had on your future career choice working with underserved communities? |
Specialty/Residency Choice |
What in the School of Medicine most influenced your career choice? |
How did the Underserved Pathway influence your specialty choice? |
Did the Underserved Pathway influence which programs within your specialty you applied to? |
How does participation in the Underserved Pathway make it more or less likely that you will match in a residency of your choice? |
Medical School Curriculum |
What classes and experiences in medical school were most influential in shaping the career path you described? |
Which components (III-3, Selectives, Clerkships, modules, mentorship, service learning) of the Underserved Pathway curriculum were most influential in the career path you described to me? |
Which components of the Underserved Pathway curriculum were least influential in the career path you described to me? |
Of the online modules, which ones did you find to be the most helpful in understanding issues related to underserved populations? |
Of the online modules, which ones did you find to be the least helpful in understanding issues related to underserved populations? |
Mentorship |
In what program or department did you find mentoring? |
Can you describe the relationship you had with your mentor? |
How did your Underserved Pathway mentorship compare to other mentor relationships during medical school? |
What did you and your mentor talk about or do with your time together? |
Did your mentor relationship influence your career choice? |
What would have made your mentorship experience more effective? |
Service Learning |
Tell me about your service learning activities |
How did/does service learning influence your career decisions? |
How many hours of community service, on average, did you complete per year? |
Other |
Is there anything else you would like to share with me today? |
What would you change about the Underserved Pathway to make better? |