Inspiring Medical Students to Pursue Surgical Careers: Outcomes From Our Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Program

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1816-1819

  Allen, Jeremiah G ^a   Weiss, Eric S ^a   Patel, Nishant D ^a   Alejo, Diane E ^a   Fitton, Torin P ^a   Williams, Jason A ^a   Barreiro, Christopher J ^a   Nwakanma, Lois U ^a   Yang, Stephen C ^a   Cameron, Duke E ^a   Gott, Vincent L ^a   Baumgartner, William A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CAREER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; THORAX SURGERY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER CHOICE; GENERAL SURGERY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649153055     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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