Whether or wither some specialties: A survey of Canadian medical student career interest

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Scott, Ian M ^a   Wright, Bruce J ^b   Brenneis, Fraser R ^c   Gowans, Margot C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREER; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FAMILY MEDICINE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRY; SPORTS MEDICINE; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADULT; CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 70349705740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-57     Document Type: Article

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