Perspectives of Third-Year Medical Students Toward Their Surgical Clerkship and a Surgical Career

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-12

  Goldin, Steven B ^a   Wahi, Monika M ^b   Wiegand, Lucas R ^a   Carpenter, Heather L ^a   Borgman, Heather A ^a   LaCivita Nixon, Lois ^a   Rosemurgy II, Alexander S ^a   Karl, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

career choice; clinical clerkship; medical education; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 34547954937     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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