The gatekeeper disparity-Why do some medical schools send more medical students into urology?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 647-652

  Kutikov, Alexander ^a   Bonslaver, Jason ^a   Casey, Jessica T ^a   Degrado, Justin ^a   Dusseault, Beau N ^a   Fox, Janelle A ^a   Lashley Rogers, Desri ^a   Richardson, Ingride ^a   Smaldone, Marc C ^a   Steinberg, Peter L ^a   Trivedi, Deep B ^a   Routh, Jonathan C ^a,b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

internship and residency; schools, medical; specialization; students, medical; urology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHER; UROLOGY;

CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651340061     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.09.113     Document Type: Article

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