Can Brief Interventions by Hand Surgeons Influence Medical Students Toward a Career in Hand Surgery?

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1267-1270

  Smith, Anthony A ^a   Duncan, Scott F M ^a   Esparra, Benjamin C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; hand surgery; medical students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDATION STUDY;

CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 34848862199     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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