Short report: Factors that affect specialty choice and career plans of Wisconsin's medical students

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 369-373

  Knox, Kjersti E ^a   Getzin, Anne ^a   Bergum, Alison ^a   McBride, Patrick ^a   Rieselbach, Richard ^a,b   Friedsam, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Medical Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SALARY; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WISCONSIN;

EID: 58149520630     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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