Surgeons Can Favorably Influence Career Choices and Goals for Students Interested in Careers in Medicine

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-67

  Hernandez, Jonathan ^a   Al Saadi, Sam ^a   Boyle, Robert ^a   Villadolid, Desireé ^a   Ross, Sharona ^a   Murr, Michele ^a   Rosemurgy, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; COLLEGE STUDENT; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349239293     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.02.065     Document Type: Article

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