Educational Debt of Physicians-in-Training: Determining the Level of Interest in a Loan Repayment Program for Service in a Medically Underserved Area

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-13

  Price, Michelle A ^a   Cohn, Stephen M ^a   Love, Joseph ^a   Dent, Daniel L ^a   Esterl, Robert ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

educational debt; medically underserved areas; Patient Care; physician workforce; Professionalism; Systems Based Practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; MINORITY GROUP; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649128958     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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