A surgical career for New Zealand junior doctors? Factors influencing this choice

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1300, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Du, Jason ^a   Sathanathan, Janarthanan ^a   Naden, Gill ^b   Child, Stephen ^b  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHER; TRAVEL; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70049088087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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