Factors affecting admission to anesthesiology residency in the united states: Choosing the future of our specialty

Anesthesiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 243-251

  De Oliveira, Gildàsio S ^a   Akikwala, Tulsi ^a   Kendall, Mark C ^a   Fitzgerald, Paul C ^a   Sullivan, John T ^a   Zell, Christopher ^a   McCarthy, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL ADMISSION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; AUTHORSHIP; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; MALE; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALTY BOARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864283486     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31825fb04b     Document Type: Article

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