Career choices of medical students: A national survey of 1780 students

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 603-612

  Lefevre, Jérémie H ^a   Roupret, Morgan ^b   Kerneis, Solen ^a   Karila, Laurent ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952700959     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03707.x     Document Type: Article

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