Career choice and place of graduation among physicians in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-40

  Wesnes, Stian Langeland ^a   Aasland, Olaf ^b,c   Baerheim, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Research Institute of the Norwegian Medical Association   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

General practice; hospital physician; medical education; research personnel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84857299714     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2012.654195     Document Type: Article

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