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Medical student education| Volume 11, ISSUE 1, P85-90, January 2004

How I do it

Mentoring the sound-bite generation: Part I. The match game1
      So why does an editorial directed toward an erudite, accomplished audience of (mostly) academic radiologists start with a parody of a briefly popular hip-hop rap? Because a strong sense of humor, awareness of current events and culture, and flexibility are mandated for those who would mentor the current and future crops of medical students through the agony and ectasy of the radiology match.
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