Personality and specialty interest in medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 400-406

  Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Zuckerman, Marvin ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

CAREER MOBILITY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHILADELPHIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALISM; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 46649094836     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802043835     Document Type: Article

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