Influence of third-year clerkships on medical student specialty preferences

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-186

  Ellsbury, Kathleen E ^a   Carline, Jan D ^a   Irby, David M ^a   Stritter, Frank T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Decision making; Education; Medical; Medical student; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001053736     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009748211832     Document Type: Article

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