Mentoring in medical education: Perspectives of undergraduate students at a medical school in Peru

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  • Brigith Avila-Lucas Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. / Astrocyte, Neurosurgical Research Group. Boston, MA, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1151-8759
  • Fritz Fidel Váscones-Román Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. / Astrocyte, Neurosurgical Research Group. Boston, MA, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9564-0710
  • Diana Karina Común-Gutierrez Astrocyte, Neurosurgical Research Group. Boston, MA, USA / Váscones’s Lab, Lima, Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8088-9708
  • Gonzalo Jair Callahuanca-Flores Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. / Astrocyte, Neurosurgical Research Group, Boston, MA, USA https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5926-7127

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https://doi.org/10.20453/rmh.v36i3.6294

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Brigith Avila-Lucas, Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. / Astrocyte, Neurosurgical Research Group. Boston, MA, USA

Estudiante de 7mo año de medicina

 

Fritz Fidel Váscones-Román, Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. / Astrocyte, Neurosurgical Research Group. Boston, MA, USA

7th year medical student at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH). Undergraduate Research Fellow at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas (current) and at the Spaulding Neuromodulation Center at Harvard University (2024). Extensive research experience in neuroscience, data science, and analysis methodologies (R and RStudio), with training in protocol writing, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and biostatistics. Interest in neurosurgery, neurology, neuroplasticity, chronic diseases, mental health, epidemiology, and medical education. Founder of Vásconess Lab and co-leader of Astrocyte, initiatives dedicated to research and collaboration in neuroscience.

Diana Karina Común-Gutierrez, Astrocyte, Neurosurgical Research Group. Boston, MA, USA / Váscones’s Lab, Lima, Perú

Estudiante de medicina

Gonzalo Jair Callahuanca-Flores, Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. / Astrocyte, Neurosurgical Research Group, Boston, MA, USA

Estudiante de medicina

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2025-09-30

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Avila-Lucas B, Váscones-Román FF, Común-Gutierrez DK, Callahuanca-Flores GJ. Mentoring in medical education: Perspectives of undergraduate students at a medical school in Peru. Rev Méd Hered [Internet]. 2025 Sep. 30 [cited 2025 Oct. 19];36(3):283-5. Available from: http://44.198.254.164/index.php/RMH/article/view/6294

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Vol. 36 No. 3 (2025): Julio-septiembre

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