Medical student mentorship in radiation oncology at a single academic institution: A 10-year analysis

Practical Radiation Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e163-e168

  Hirsch, Ariel E ^a   Agarwal, Ankit ^a   Rand, Alexander E ^a   DeNunzio, Nicholas J ^a   Patel, Krishnan R ^a   Truong, Minh Tam ^a   Russo, Gregory A ^a   Kachnic, Lisa A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPECIALTY SELECTION; TEACHER; ORGANIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTORS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84947488514     PISSN: 18798500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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