Attrition during graduate medical education: Medical school perspective

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1172-1177

  Andriole, Dorothy A ^a   Jeffe, Donna B ^a   Hageman, Heather L ^a   Klingensmith, Mary E ^a   McAlister, Rebecca P ^a   Whelan, Alison J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICINE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 58149331118     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.143.12.1172     Document Type: Article

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