Swiss national MD-PhD program: An outcome analysis

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 139, Issue 37-38, 2009, Pages 540-546

  Kuehnle, Katrin ^a   Winkler, David T ^b   Meier Abt, Peter J ^a  

^a Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss MD PhD Association   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Career track; Dual degree; MD PhD program; Physician scientists; Translational research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70349272241     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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