An international perspective on interest in a general surgery career among final-year medical students

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-356

  Are, Chandrakanth ^a   Stoddard, Hugh A ^b   Prete, Francesco ^c   Tianqiang, Song ^d   Northam, Lindsay M ^a   Chan, Sharon ^e   Lee, Janet ^e   Jani, Pankaj ^f   Protic, Mladjan ^g   Venkateshwarulu, S ^h   Sarela, Abeezar ⁱ   Thompson, Jon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f Nairobi Hospital   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^h OSMANIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

ⁱ ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career choice; General surgery; International; Surgical career; Survey

Indexed keywords

CAREER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INDIA; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052173576     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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