Undergraduate experience of surgical teaching and its influence on career choice

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 713-718

  Ek, Edmund W ^a   Ek, Eugene T ^a   Mackay, Sean D ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Lifestyle; Role models; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 27844494317     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03500.x     Document Type: Article

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