The impact of role models on medical students

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-56

  Wright, Scott ^a   Wong, Annie ^b   Newill, Carol ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

choice of career; choice of clinical field for residency training; medical students; role models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MENTORS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031042442     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0007-1     Document Type: Article

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