It is well know that absence of a good mentorship can reduce productivity in research (4). Despite the improvement in the quality of medical students' thesis and overall research activity in recent years in Iran, there is still a scope to find strategies for improvement (5). Some strategies include simplifying the research application process, establishing adequate and efficient infrastructure and providing dedicated research time (6) which should lead to better mentors/mentee relationship and thus improve the scientific productivity of a student's internship.

We suggest creating a so called Research Mentorship Program (RMP) to enhance the qualitative and quantitative level of research in this centre. There is a wide gap in experience between the supervisor and student. However, a group of 5 to 10 experienced medical students previously involved in a research project, who have published at least one article, completed training on a psychiatry ward and demonstrated an interested in research could work at the interface between faculty members and less experienced medical students who have expressed an interest in research. It is important that the activity should be voluntary-we dub this group of enthusiastic students,‘Mentors’. They can fulfil the mentor’s role while faculty member might mentor more experienced students.