Qualities of residency applicants: Comparison of otolaryngology program criteria with applicant expectations

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-14

  Puscas, Liana ^a   Sharp, Scott R ^a   Schwab, Brian ^b   Lee, Walter T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862924261     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.214     Document Type: Article

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