Subspecialty choice: Why did you become a rheumatologist?

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1546-1551

  Kolasinski, Sharon L ^a,g   Bass, Anne R ^b   Kane Wanger, Gwendolyn F ^c   Libman, Bonita S ^d   Sandorfi, Nora ^e   Utset, Tammy ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Rheumatology fellow; Subspecialty choice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; DECISION MAKING; EXPOSURE; FINANCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RHEUMATOLOGY;

CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPECIALISM;

EID: 37349054154     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23100     Document Type: Article

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