Casting a Light on the Personal Effects of Mentorship

Jayshil J Patel1, Kurt Pfeifer, Jeffrey D Fritz

  • 1Associate professor of medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Curriculum Pillar Faculty, Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; jpatel2@mcw.edu. Professor of medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Curriculum Pillar Faculty, Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Assistant professor, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Curriculum Pillar Faculty, Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education, Medical College of Wisconsin-Central Wisconsin, Wausau, Wisconsin. Professor of pediatrics, Vice Chair of Education, Faculty Pillar Faculty, Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Professor of bioethics and medical humanities, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Institute for Equity and Health, Cross Pillar Faculty, Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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