Introduction

Thank you for joining us as a mentor for students in the Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring program. We are greatly appreciative of your time. To assist you in coaching and guiding the students on their path, we have compiled useful resources that you can view now and continue to come back to as needed. They include:

• Key Time Points for Mentors: This section highlights important key points to monitor and discuss with your mentee along their route through medical school toward a successful application for ophthalmology residency.
• Common Student Challenges: This section highlights common challenges students face in medical school and provides mentors with practical tips around support for their mentee.
• Medical School Structure: This section may be useful when guiding mentees to find appropriate resources within their own medical schools for a variety of needs.
• Private Practice Mentorship: This video provides support for mentors who are in private practice.
• Types of Scholarship: This video provides information about different types of scholarship to explore ophthalmology and build their CV.
• Research Mentorship: In this section, we provide a list of programs that are available to give to your students to help them find research opportunities.
• Year Out Opportunities for Students: This video provides information about year our opportunities for students and necessary counsel for mentors.
• Residency Match Basics: This section is a collection of data-driven articles and updates to the application timelines and process.
• Mentorship Best Practices for Mentees: These videos provide mentees with key elements of a successful relationship.

If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact mentoring@aao.org.