Personality differences between surgery residents, nonsurgery residents, and medical students

Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-193

  Hoffman, Benson M ^a   Coons, Michael J ^a   Kuo, Paul C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONSCIENCE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SURGEON; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77955285723     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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