Why do medical students choose orthopaedics as a career?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Johnson, Amanda L ^a   Sharma, Jyoti ^a   Chinchilli, Vernon M ^b   Emery, Sanford E ^c   Evarts, C McCollister ^d   Floyd, Mark W ^c   Kaeding, Christopher C ^e   Lavelle, William F ^f   Marsh, J Lawrence ^g   Pellegrini, Vincent D ^d   Van Heest, Ann E ^h   Black, Kevin P ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863588331     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00826     Document Type: Article

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