Motivation for and concerns about entering a medical programme

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 304-310

  Wierenga, Andrea Ricketts ^a,b   Branday, J M ^a,b   Simeon, D T ^a,b   Pottinger, A ^a,b   Brathwaite, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAREER; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAMAICA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGERY; TIME; TRAINING; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STATISTICS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 1542300170     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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