Factors Dominating Choice of Surgical Specialty

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-324

  Reed, Carolyn E ^a   Vaporciyan, Ara A ^b   Erikson, Clease ^c   Dill, Michael J ^c   Carpenter, Andrea J ^d   Guleserian, Kristine J ^e   Merrill, Walter H ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL SURGERY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHER; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249123882     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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