Mentorship in the context of interdisciplinary geriatric research: Lessons learned from the RAND/Hartford Program for Building Interdisciplinary Geriatric Research Centers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1546-1555

  Keyser, Donna J ^a   Abedin, Zainab ^b   Schultz, Dana J ^c   Pincus, Harold Alan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; geriatrics; interdisciplinary; mentoring; research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SELF EVALUATION; TELEPHONE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GERIATRICS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MENTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865148254     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04063.x     Document Type: Article

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