Home Is Where the Match Is: Mentorship and Dermatology Residency Match Trends Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

December 2023 | Volume 22 | Issue 12 | e44 | Copyright © December 2023


Published online November 9, 2023

Christopher Yeh BAa, Amar D. Desai MPHa, Cindy Wassef MDb, Shari R. Lipner MD PhDc

aRutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 
bDepartment of Dermatology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, NJ 
cDepartment of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

DISCLOSURES

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

REFERENCES

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Shari R. Lipner MD PhD shl9032@med.cornell.edu
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