Specialty preferences: Trends and perceptions among Saudi undergraduate medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Mehmood, Syed Imran ^a   Kumar, Ashish ^a   Al Binali, Ali ^a   Borleffs, Jan C C ^b,c  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863229778     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.656753     Document Type: Article

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