Analysis of senior medical students' preferences in specialty choice a survey in a medical school in northern Taiwan

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-353

  Wang, Kuei Ing ^a   Chang, Pei Yeh ^b,c   Hung, Chih Young ^d   Huang, Yuan Huei ^e  

^a MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Hsin Chu General Hospital

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Medical students; Specialty choice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT T TEST; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 34948835613     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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