Postgraduate training and career choices: An analysis of the National Physicians Survey in Japan

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-297

  Koike, Soichi ^a   Ide, Hiroo ^a   Yasunaga, Hideo ^b   Kodama, Tomoko ^c   Matsumoto, Shinya ^a   Imamura, Tomoaki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SPECIALIZATION;

CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 77149138354     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03582.x     Document Type: Article

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