Changes in U.S. medical students' specialty interests over the course of medical school

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1095-1100

  Compton, Michael T ^a   Frank, Erica ^a,b   Elon, Lisa ^c   Carrera, Jennifer ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Changes in specialty choices; Medical students; Prestige

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRY; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; WARD;

CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46949083514     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0579-z     Document Type: Article

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