A theoretical, practical, predictive model of faculty and department research productivity

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-237

  Bland, Carole J ^a   Center, Bruce A ^a   Finstad, Deborah A ^a   Risbey, Kelly R ^b   Staples, Justin G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Human Capital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14644414169     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200503000-00006     Document Type: Article

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