Choosing a career in combined internal medicine-pediatrics: Insights from interns

Family Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 326-330

  Melgar, Thomas ^a   Frohna, John G ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RURAL AREA; TRAINING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34248343041     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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