Psychological factors determining success in a medical career: A 10-year longitudinal study

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Tartas, Malgorzata ^a   Walkiewicz, Maciej ^a   Majkowicz, Mikolaj ^a   Budzinski, Waldemar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952030229     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.544795     Document Type: Article

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