Motivation for medical school: The relationship to gender and specialty preferences in a nationwide sample

Medical Education

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 236-242

  Vaglum, P ^a   Wiers Jenssen, J ^a   Ekeberg, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Career choice; Educational status; Motivation; Personality; Psychology medical students; Social class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; NATURAL SCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032898079     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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