Are MD-PhD programs meeting their goals? An analysis of career choices made by graduates of 24 MD-PhD programs

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 692-701

  Brass, Lawrence F ^a   Akabas, Myles H ^b   Burnley, Linda D ^c   Engman, David M ^d   Wiley, Clayton A ^e   Andersen, Olaf S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 77951666590     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d3ca17     Document Type: Article

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