Freshmen versus interns' specialty interests

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 509-515

  Parsa, Shima ^a   Aghazadeh, Azadeh ^a   Nejatisafa, Ali Akbar ^a,b   Amini, Homayoun ^a   Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Mostafazadeh, Babak ^a   Moghaddam, Yasaman ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Career choice; Medical specialties; Medical students

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TO HELP PEOPLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL REWARD; GENDER BIAS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE; INTERESTING CHALLENGING WORK; INTERNAL MEDICINE; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESTIGE; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SURGERY; UNIVERSITY; WORK;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICINE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 78649430000     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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