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Mentoring medical students in radiation oncology.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20816635     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Mentoring in academic medicine has been described on a multitude of levels in medical literature, but seldom with respect to medical students. In fact, although some fields have addressed mentoring in the context of medical student education, radiation oncology has yet to do so in a comprehensive fashion. Furthermore, the projected domestic and worldwide epidemiologic trends in cancer cases, coupled with the frequent use of radiation-based cancer treatment regimens, make this an opportune moment to initiate such a discussion. Herein, the authors consider mentoring in the context of radiation oncology and related fields from the perspective of a medical student. They present a paradigm for promoting mentorship through traditional classroom-based and nontraditional socially and research-based initiatives. It is the authors' hope that both radiation oncology and other specialties will benefit from the initiation of this discussion, as well as build on the suggestions detailed here as we prepare the next generation of radiation oncologists.
Authors:
Nick DeNunzio; Arti Parekh; Ariel E Hirsch
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR     Volume:  7     ISSN:  1558-349X     ISO Abbreviation:  J Am Coll Radiol     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-06     Completed Date:  2011-01-19     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101190326     Medline TA:  J Am Coll Radiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  722-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright (c) 2010 American College of Radiology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Radiation Oncology, Boston University School of Medicine, 830 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Curriculum / standards
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Interprofessional Relations
Male
Medicine
Mentors / psychology*
Neoplasms / mortality
Radiation Oncology / education*
Students, Medical*
United States / epidemiology

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