Factors affecting medical students' selection of an internal medicine residency program

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1264-1270

  Aagaard, Eva M ^a   Julian, Katherine ^a   Dedier, Julien ^b   Soloman, Ira ^c   Tillisch, Jan ^d   Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Box 0320 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic minority; Internal medicine; Medical education; Medical students; Residency selection; Women

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24344499078     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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