Almost internists: Analysis of students who considered internal medicine but chose other fields

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-200

  Durning, Steven J ^a   Elnicki, D Michael ^b   Cruess, David F ^c   Reddy, Shalini ^d   Kernan, Walter N ^e   Harrell, Heather E ^f   Schwartz, Mark D ^g   Fagan, Mark J ^h   Battistone, Michael ⁱ   Hauer, Karen E ^j  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79951675227     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182045ee5     Document Type: Article

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