Mentoring for women and underrepresented minority faculty and students: Experience at two institutions of higher education

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1449-1459

  Kosoko Lasaki, Omofolasade ^a   Sonnino, Roberta E ^b   Voytko, Mary Lou ^c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mentoring; Underrepresented minority faculty students; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FACULTY STUDENT RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXISM; SKILL; SOCIALIZATION; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MENTORS; MINORITY GROUPS; NEBRASKA; NORTH CAROLINA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33748870079     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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