Determinants of the generalist career intentions of 1995 graduating medical students

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 198-209

  Kassebaum, Donald G ^a   Szenas, Philip L ^a   Schuchert, Michael K ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CAREER; CERTIFICATION; CURRICULUM; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENDER; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 0030075331     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199602000-00030     Document Type: Article

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