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Useful Resources

The updated version of the book, "So you want to be a surgeon," is very popular and a great help to students who want to select programs to which they want to apply.

A useful handout on cardiac surgery for medical students prepared by Ismael N. Nuño, M.D.

Residents and medical students in the 21st century: Better, worse, or just different?

The surgical training gap: The new era of surgical trainee

The elusiveness of mentorship for surgeons: Prologue

The pathway to mentorship

Filling mentorship voids

Epilogue: Why does mentorship fail?

Impact of fellowships on surgical training

Mentoring the Modern Surgeon

New trends in general surgery training: Creating new training environments to maximize the resident experience

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