Educational views and attitudes, and career goals of MD-PhD students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 193-198

  Watt, Christopher D ^a   Greeley, Siri Atma W ^b   Shea, Judy A ^a   Ahn, Jaimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CAREER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SATISFACTION;

EID: 12844267577     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200502000-00019     Document Type: Review

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