The POD: A new model for mentoring underrepresented minority faculty

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-279

  Lewellen Williams, Charlotte ^a,b   Johnson, Virginia A ^b   Deloney, Linda A ^a   Thomas, Billy R ^a   Goyol, Apollos ^d   Henry Tillman, Ronda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; CAREER MOBILITY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTORS; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33645740745     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200603000-00020     Document Type: Article

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