Reasons for student debt during medical education: A Michigan study

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 669-675

  Zonia, Susan C ^a   Stommel, Manfred ^b   Tomaszewski, Daniel D ^c  

^a Oakwood Southshore Medical Center   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bicounty Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Debt; Educational grants and subsidies; Internship and residency trends; Medical school; Medical trends; Osteopathic medicine manpower; Specialties; Student; Student loans; Training support

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

BANKRUPTCY; CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MICHIGAN; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 0036913395     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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