Who wants to become a child psychiatrist? Lessons for future recruitment strategies from a student survey at seven German medical schools

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 246-251

  Lempp, Thomas ^a   Neuhoff, Nina ^a   Renner, Tobias ^a   Vloet, Timo D ^a   Fischer, Helmut ^a   Stegemann, Thomas ^a   Zepf, Florian D ^a   Rößner, Veit ^a   Kölch, Michael ^a   Haessler, Frank ^a   Mattejat, Fritz ^a   Lehr, Dirk ^a   Bachmann, Christian ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84863915913     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.10120173     Document Type: Article

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