Swiss residents' speciality choices - Impact of gender, personality traits, career motivation and life goals

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Buddeberg Fischer, Barbara ^a   Klaghofer, Richard ^a   Abel, Thomas ^b   Buddeberg, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF ESTEEM; SWITZERLAND; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33750913483     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-137     Document Type: Article

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