Personality as a prognostic factor for specialty choice: A prospective study of 4 medical school classes

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Makert, Ronald J ^a   Rodenhauser, Paul ^b   El Baghdadi, Mariam M ^c   Juskaite, Kornelija ^b   Hillel, Alexander T ^d   Marton, Bradley A ^e  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DERMATOLOGY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXTRAVERSION; FAMILY MEDICINE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROSIS; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRY; RADIOLOGY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41949092132     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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