Motivations to pursue fellowships are gender neutral

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 671-678

  Borman, Karen R ^a   Biester, Thomas W ^b   Rhodes, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b American Board of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CAREER CHOICE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955004270     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.116     Document Type: Article

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