Variation in predictors of primary care career choice by year and stage of training: A national survey

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-169

  Connelly, Maureen T ^a   Sullivan, Amy M ^d   Peters, Antoinette S ^a   Clark Chiarelli, Nancy ^a   Zotov, Natasha ^a   Martin, Nina ^b   Simon, Steven R ^a   Singer, Judith D ^c   Block, Susan D ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Medical education; Primary care; Role models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037356436     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.01208.x     Document Type: Article

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