title: A cross-sectional descriptive study of mentoring relationships formed by medical students.
abstract: To describe medical students' mentoring relationships and determine characteristics associated with having mentors, 232/302 (77%) of third- and fourth-year medical students at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) were surveyed. Twenty-six percent of third-year and 45% of fourth-year students had mentors. Most met their mentors during inpatient clerkships (28%), research (19%), or sought them on the basis of similar interests (23%). On multivariate analysis, students who performed research prior to (odds ratio [OR], 4.8; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.4 to 16.7; P =.01) or during medical school (OR, 2.4; 95% CI, 1.1 to 5.6; P =.03) and students satisfied with advising from all sources at UCSF (OR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.4 to 2.4; P <.001) were more likely to have mentors.
authors.affiliation: Received from the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif. 94143-0320, USA.
authors.forename: Eva M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Aagaard
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Hauer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D003142:Communication; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012495:San Francisco; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires