Determinants of choosing a career in surgery

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1011-1017

  Scott, Ian ^a   Gowans, Margot ^a   Wright, Bruce ^b   Brenneis, Fraser ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855698078     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.558533     Document Type: Article

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