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  • The Covid-19 pandemic created challenges for medical students by limiting their educational and career growth, prompting the need for new initiatives to develop their professional skills.
  • A coaching intervention was implemented during the advanced emergency medicine rotation, where trained coaches engaged with students for about 4.5 hours over three weeks.
  • The coaching program proved to be both practical and beneficial for both the faculty coaches and the medical students involved.

Article Abstract

Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic limited educational and career development opportunities for medical students, requiring innovative programs to accelerate professional identity formation and clinical skills acquisition.

Methods: We developed a brief coaching intervention that took place over the advanced (sub-internship) emergency medicine rotation at our institution. We trained coaches using a newly developed workshop, who met with students for an average of 4.5 hours over 3 weeks.

Impact/effectiveness: We showed that this coaching program was both feasible and impactful for faculty coaches and medical students.

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