Career goals of trainee physicians in internal medicine

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 352-356

  Patel, Muhammad Junaid ^a   Riaz, Mehmood ^a   Tariq, Muhammad ^a   Jamil, Sajjad ^a   Ansari, Tayyaba ^a   Khan, M Shoaib ^a   Samdani, Abdul Jawwad ^a   Ayaz, Syed Imran ^a   Sorathia, Ayesha ^a   Akhtar, Jaweed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Career goals; Internal Medicine; Trainee physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; MALE; PAKISTAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKING TIME;

CAREER CHOICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 49749134316     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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