Mission Statement

The UCSD School of Medicine Peer Mentors are advocates for the mental health and well-being of our fellow students and ourselves. We will act as resources in our community to help students understand and recognize problems they face, and to facilitate their access to care and to support networks. Recognizing the significant stressors inherent in medical education, we will empower our peers and ourselves to manage these stressors supportively and productively. We will work to lessen the stigma attached to discussing problems and seeking care in medical school by providing a confidential, nonjudgmental, supportive space in which we can address any issue a student is facing.