The effect of gender on medical students' aspirations: A qualitative study

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-426

  Drinkwater, Jess ^b   Tully, Mary Patricia ^c   Dornan, Tim ^a,b  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*Career choice; England; Female; Humans; Male; Physicians, women; Sex factors; Students, medical *psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY;

CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 40749149567     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03031.x     Document Type: Article

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