Choosing a medical specialty -Study of Finnish doctors graduating in 1977-2006

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Heikkilä, Teppo ^a   Hyppölä, Harri ^a   Kumpusalo, Esko ^a   Halila, Hannu ^b   Vänskä, Jukka ^b   Kujala, Santero ^b   Virjo, Irma ^c   Mattila, Kari ^c  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Suomen Laakariliitto   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79960666929     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.586744     Document Type: Article

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