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Northstar
Students
Premedical Students
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Features
ExpectExpenses
- Resources outlining expected expenses based on year to help student budget for the future
(i.e. In your 3rd/4th year of medical school you should be prepared to spend between $x-$x for application fees at each hospital you send your ERAS to)
The Bulletin Board Opportunities specifically created to benefit URM Students
- Research Internships
- Scholarships
- Shadowing Opportunities
- Scribe positions
- Medically related volunteer opportunites
Networking How To
(i.e. videos explaining how to send a thank you email, how to request a LOR, or how to cold call a physician
Features
- Profile Search
- Centralized Opportunity Hub
- Student-to-mentor messaging
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Physicians
Features
My Journey FAQ
(following acceptance of mentor request)
Option to share commonly asked questions about personal experience and career trajectory
(Less repetitive conversations with each new mentee = more time spent sharing practical advice)
Northstar CalendarAbility to sync mentorship calendar with other calendars.
- Set reminders for "check-ins"
- Schedule appointments on the app
- Share with mentees availability for mentorship where they can sign up for time slots
CarePackage
- Send tax-deductible donations to mentees
(purchasing books,
paying for conference fees, or paying for external tutoring services)
- Discounted price on test prep materials or event registrations
My Mentee Tribe(One-way communication with entire group of mentees)
- Messages of affirmation
- Tips
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My Max Capacity
- Set and share mentee limit (per semester or academic year)
- Share an auto-reply message when limit is reached
- Physician 1 (who has been notified that they received a request but has reached limit) can recommend student to physician 2
- Physician 2 can see which physician recommended them
Mentee Preview (prior to accepting mentor request)Option to preview a students...
- CV
- Medical Specialty Interests
- Specific short term goals (i.e. shadowing within 3 months)
- Current or former adversities
- Specific area of desired support (i.e. personal statement review, shadowing or LOR vs. emotional support)
Our Progress
- Create mentorship contracts/expectations with mentees
- Track mentee milestones
- Create tangible goals with specific deadlines
Incentives for referrals, engagement and accurate reporting
Points/credits
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Tasks
- Select from a list of surveys to give to mentees
- Assign task/assignments
Document Review- Receive personal statements, resumes/cv, and applications students request for you to review
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For physicians, this platform makes mentoring more...
- Rewarding (compensation/recognition)
- Convenient
- Consistent
- Goal-directed
- Fun (competitive)
- Centralized
- Structured
and less...
- Risky
- Repetitive
- Cluttered
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