Decisions, decisions: How program diversity influences residency program choice

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 294-305

  Ku, Manwai C ^a   Li, Yan E ^a   Prober, Charles ^a   Valantine, Hannah ^a   Girod, Sabine C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL AND OBSTETRIC CARE; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WOMEN;

EID: 79960842463     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.04.026     Document Type: Article

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