Does general surgery clerkship make a future career in surgery more appealing to medical students?

African Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 292-296

  Makama, Jerry G ^a   Ameh, E A ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Career; Clerkship; Medical students; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 78650782584     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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