How medical students define surgical mentors

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 698-701

  Cochran, Amalia ^a   Paukert, Judy L ^b   Scales, Erin M ^a   Neumayer, Leigh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Surgical education; Surgical mentors

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHER;

EID: 2942603417     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.12.053     Document Type: Article

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