The future of the orthopaedic clinician-scientist part I: The potential role of MD-PhD students considering orthopaedic surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1794-1799

  Ahn, Jaimo ^a   Man, Li Xing ^b   Wanderer, Jonathan ^a   Bernstein, Joseph ^c   Iannotti, Joseph P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 48749118291     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.00460     Document Type: Article

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