Career preference and medical students' biographical characteristics and academic achievement

Medical Teacher

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Soethout, Marc B M ^a   Heymans, Martijn ^a   ten Cate, Olle Th J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGERY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 39449129512     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590701759614     Document Type: Article

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