Factors influencing surgery as a choice of career: Results of an electronic survey of early years surgical trainees

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 988, 2008, Pages 109-

  O'Brien, Mary ^a,b   Brown, J ^a,b   Gillies, R ^b   Shaw, N ^b   Graham, D ^b  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Mersey Deanery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL PROFESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENGLAND; SURGERY;

EID: 41149103456     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.065755     Document Type: Letter

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