Mentorship + Wellness
Program
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Our Mission
Our Wellness Mentors
We have created an extensive library of resources that are local and accessible to Downstate students.
If you need a referral to a certain resource, please contact your mentor and we will provide you with local resources.
However, if you want to talk to someone immediately or are in crisis, please feel free to contact the National Crisis Text Line, an anonymous texting counseling resource or the Life Crisis Hotline.
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Being a medical school student is challenging. We sometimes face a difficult transition into medical school that may create stress, depression, and/or anxiety. This program's mission is to develop resiliency, community, and strategies within medical school students that limit these effects. All of our programs and short psychological interventions are evidence based and have been proven to enact powerful and lasting changes from mulitple randomized controlled trials. It is our hope that through these programs, we will support students who have a hard time transitioning.
Resource Library
All our mentors are recruited among first year SUNY Downstate medical school students. Mentors are trained to become excellent leaders of wellness, mentors, and facilitators. Training will include the OSCAR mentorship method, how to refer for depression/anxiety/stress, and learning effective ways to facilitate discussions. Our belief is that peer-peer interaction can enact powerful effects through developing comraderie and community. If you would like to be involved, please click the Get Involved tab above.
Get Involved!
Downstate Mentorship has many ways to get involved! We will be recruiting new mentors in November of this year. Please feel free to contact your mentor or the executive team if you would like more information
Moreover, our hope is that these interventions extend across the nation. However, we need people like you to help make that happen!
If you would like more information about the application or ways to get involved, please send us an email at downstatementor@gmail.com