Surgical mentors and role models: Prevalence, importance and associated traits

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 633-637

  Healy, Nuala A ^a   Glynn, Ronan W ^a   Malone, Carmel ^a   Cantillon, Peter ^a   Kerin, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

mentorship; surgery; surgical role models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; ROLE; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84865236691     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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