Career choices for anaesthesia: National surveys of graduates of 1974-2002 from UK medical schools

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 332-338

  Turner, G ^a   Goldacre, Michael J ^a   Lambert, T ^a   Sear, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Anaesthetists, workforce; Education, medical; Junior doctors, career choice

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKING TIME; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 24944451971     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei191     Document Type: Article

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