Internal medicine resident self-report of factors associated with career decisions

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 946-949

  West, Colin P ^a   Drefahl, Monica M ^a   Popkave, Carol ^b   Kolars, Joseph C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

Author keywords

ACGME; Career decision; Career plan; Graduate medical education; Internship and residency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS;

CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77950349553     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1039-0     Document Type: Article

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