Attrition in graduate surgical education: An analysis of the 1993 entering cohort of surgical residents

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 602-610

  Kwakwa, Francis ^a   Jonasson, Olga ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; STUDENT DROPOUTS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032703123     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00198-2     Document Type: Article

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