Which U.S. medical graduates plan to become specialty-board certified? Analysis of the 1997-2004 National Association of American Medical Colleges graduation questionnaire database

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Jeffe, Donna B ^a   Andriole, Dorothy A ^a   Sabharwal, Rajeev K ^a   Paolo, Anthony M ^a   Ephgrave, Kimberly ^a   Hageman, Heather L ^a   Nuzzarello, Angela ^a   Jones, Paul J ^a   Whelan, Alison J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CAREER CHOICE; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847345698     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200610001-00025     Document Type: Article

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