Female surgeons' mentoring experiences and success in an academic career in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue JULY, 2011, Pages

  Kaderli, Reto ^a   Muff, Brigitte ^b   Stefenelli, Ulrich ^c   Businger, Adrian ^d  

^a Spitalzentrum Biel   (Switzerland)

^b Emergency Department   (Switzerland)

^c Services in Statistics   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Academic career; Mentor; Surgery; Survey; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CAREER MOBILITY; CAREER PLANNING; CERTIFICATION; EMOTION; FACULTY STUDENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEER REVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RESIDENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURGEON; SWITZERLAND; ACHIEVEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHER;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PUBLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80052199079     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13233     Document Type: Article

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