Predictors of neurosurgical career choice among residents and residency applicants

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 934-939

  Lawton, Michael T ^a   Narvid, Jared ^a   Quiñones Hinojosa, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic neurosurgery; Career orientation; Private practice neurosurgery; Residency program; Resident selection

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CAREER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NEUROSURGERY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34247556961     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255445.51989.33     Document Type: Review

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