The changing paradigm of contemporary U.S. allopathic medical school graduates' career paths: Analysis of the 1997-2004 national AAMC Graduation Questionnaire database

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 888-894

  Jeffe, Donna B ^a,b   Andriole, Dorothy A ^a,c   Hageman, Heather L ^a   Whelan, Alison J ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Medical Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 34548348968     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31812f797e     Document Type: Article

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