"A good career choice for women": Female medical students' mentoring experiences: A multi-institutional qualitative study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 527-534

  Levine, Rachel B ^a   Mechaber, Hilit F ^b   Reddy, Shalini T ^c   Cayea, Danelle ^d   Harrison, Rebecca A ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84875855624     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31828578bb     Document Type: Article

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