Views of doctors in training on the importance and availability of career advice in UK medicine

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 460-466

  Lambert, Trevor W ^a   Goldacre, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*attitude of health personnel; *career mobility; *counselling; *education, medical, graduate; Career choice; Great Britain; Humans; Medical staff, hospital *psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 34247388929     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02675.x     Document Type: Article

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