Factors affecting future choice of specialty among first-year medical students of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-56

  Baboolal, Nelleen S ^a   Hutchinson, Gerard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

*career choice; *specialism; Humans; Students, medical *psychology; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WEST INDIES;

EID: 33845757567     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02646.x     Document Type: Article

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