What is an academic general internist? Career options and training pathways

JAMA

Volumn 288, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2045-2048

  Levinson, Wendy ^a,b   Linzer, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CAREER; CLINICAL EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0037164013     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.16.2045     Document Type: Review

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