The benefits and challenges of research centers and institutes in academic medicine: Findings from six universities and their medical schools

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 502-512

  Mallon, William T ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FUND RAISING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33745504345     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000225212.77088.10     Document Type: Article

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