Table 1. Characteristics of the mentors interviewed .

Mentor	Gender	Age	Medical specialty	Length of time in the program	Students’ attendance to mentoring meetings	Mentors’ attendance at supervision meetings
1	M	55	Surgical	Veteran	Satisfactory	Satisfactory
2	F	52	Clinical	Beginner	Unsatisfactory	Unsatisfactory
3	F	49	Clinical	Veteran	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory
4	M	48	Surgical	Veteran	Unsatisfactory	Unsatisfactory
5	M	61	Surgical	Veteran	Unsatisfactory	Unsatisfactory
6	M	35	Clinical	Beginner	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory
7	F	54	Clinical	Veteran	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory
8	M	44	Clinical	Beginner	Unsatisfactory	Unsatisfactory
9	M	40	Surgical	Beginner	Unsatisfactory	Unsatisfactory
10	F	50	Clinical	Veteran	Unsatisfactory	Unsatisfactory
11	F	46	Clinical	Beginner	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory
12	F	50	Clinical	Veteran	Unsatisfactory	Unsatisfactory
13	M	37	Surgical	Beginner	Unsatisfactory	Unsatisfactory
14	M	50	Surgical	Beginner	Satisfactory	Satisfactory