Updates are available Correction dated 2018-07-13

Article History

Received: 12 May 2017

Accepted: 20 April 2018

First Online: 8 May 2018

Change Date: 13 July 2018

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: Following publication of the original article [1], the author reported incorrect referencing in Table 1 as the references of the papers in the table don’t match with the text.

Authors’ information

: Olawunmi is a medical doctor with a special interest in medical education, and more recently in the support and transition of first-year students into the medical school environment.Pam is an Associate Professor in Endocrine Physiology at the University of Nottingham. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a University Senior Tutor responsible for student support, development and tutoring. She has helped to set up innovative near-peer mentoring programmes at the University of Nottingham.William is an associate professor, clinical sub-dean and consultant gynaecologist at University of Nottingham, U.K. He has, along with colleagues, set up a new peer mentoring scheme for medical students. He holds a Masters degree in higher and professional education and is a Senior Fellow of the UK higher education academy.

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