Career choice in academic medicine: Systematic review

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1222-1229

  Straus, Sharon E ^a,b,c   Straus, Christine ^b   Tzanetos, Katina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Career choice

Indexed keywords

CAREER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMBASE; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDLINE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHER;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CAREER CHOICE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MOTIVATION;

EID: 33750517763     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00599.x     Document Type: Review

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