Neufeld, who is in his third year of medical education, is the driving force behind PULSE — Peers United in Leadership and Skills Enhancement — which began this fall offering opportunities for first- and second-year students to mentor each other outside the classroom setting. The idea grew out of Neufeld's own experience in his first two years, when he said he felt "disconnected from students in other years. Unless you knew somebody personally ... it was difficult to actually build relationships and I felt like those are really beneficial."
Read more about Adam Neufeld's mentorship agreement in the SMA Digest Spring 2019 edition.