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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

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01-03-2019 | Correspondence

A survey of mentor gender preferences amongst anesthesiology residents at the University of British Columbia

Authors: Tyler Plyley, MD, Julia Cory, MD, Gianni R. Lorello, MD, MSc (Med Ed), CIP, FRCPC, Alana M. Flexman, MD, FRCPC

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 3/2019

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To the Editor,

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Mentorship preferences among anesthesiology residents at the University of British Columbia

	Total (n = 43)	Female residents (n = 18)	Male residents (n = 25)
Mentor gender
Prefer female mentor (n, %)	8 (19)	8 (44)	0 (0)
Prefer male mentor (n, %)	2 (5)	0 (0)	2 (8)
No preference (n, %)	33 (77)	10 (56)	23 (92)
Areas of interest
Education	32 (74)	15 (83)	17 (68)
Research	19 (44)	5 (28)	14 (56)
Community practice	12 (28)	3 (17)	9 (36)
Academic practice	20 (47)	9 (50)	11 (44)
Critical care*	16 (46)	9 (50)	7 (28)
Business aspects of medicine**	9 (26)	3 (17)	6 (24)

*Missing from eight respondents who were given an earlier version of the survey

**Missing from nine respondents who were given an earlier version of the survey

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Title: A survey of mentor gender preferences amongst anesthesiology residents at the University of British Columbia
Authors: Tyler Plyley, MD
Julia Cory, MD
Gianni R. Lorello, MD, MSc (Med Ed), CIP, FRCPC
Alana M. Flexman, MD, FRCPC
Publication date: 01-03-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-018-1260-6

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