A Regional Perspective on the Attitudes of Fourth-Year Medical Students Toward the Field of General Surgery

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-128

  Are, Chandrakanth ^a   Stoddard, Hugh A ^a   Huggett, Kathryn ^b   Franzen, John ^a   Mack, Andrea ^a   Thompson, Jon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

career choice; general surgery; Interpersonal and Communication Skills; surgical career; surgical education; survey; Systems Based Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; NEBRASKA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 68949217122     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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