Influences on medical student career choice: Gender or generation?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1086-1094

  Sanfey, Hilary A ^a,e   Saalwachter Schulman, Alison R ^a   Nyhof Young, Joyce M ^b   Eidelson, Ben ^c   Mann, Barry D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751235586     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.11.1086     Document Type: Article

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