Educational debt and reported career plans among internal medicine residents

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 416-420

  McDonald, Furman S ^a   West, Colin P ^a   Popkave, Carol ^b   Kolars, Joseph C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

EID: 51949117069     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-6-200809160-00008     Document Type: Article

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