Major concerns about internal medicine: Insights from program directors

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-94

  Record, Janet ^a   Beasley, Brent ^a   McDonald, Furman S ^a   Wright, Scott ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

future of internal medicine; graduate medical education; internal medicine workforce shortage; primary care workforce; undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CAREER PLANNING; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; WORK SCHEDULE;

CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251543697     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181fcabff     Document Type: Article

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