Characteristics and career intentions of the emerging MD/PhD workforce

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1165-1173

  Andriole, Dorothy A ^a   Whelan, Alison J ^a   Jeffe, Donna B ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DERMATOLOGY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51449113182     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.10.1165     Document Type: Article

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