What makes mentors thrive? An exploratory study of their satisfaction in undergraduate medical education

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Table 3 Mentors’ characteristics

		McGill University, Canada	UiB, Norway	UiT, Norway	Total
Characteristics^a
Responders, n (% of invited)		137 (61)	75 (61)	60 (53)	272 (59)
Gender, %	Female	45	49	32	43
Gender, %	Male	54	51	68	57
Age (years), %	< 40	13	40	12	21
	40–49	38	23	13	28
	50–59	20	19	33	23
	60+	28	18	42	28
Nature of work, %	Mostly clinical	85	67	33	69
	Some clinical	13	18	45	21
	No clinical	1	14	17	10

^aTwo participants did not answer any of these questions regarding characteristics

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