Medical students' choices of specialty in the Gambia: The need for career counseling

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bittaye, Mustapha ^a   Odukogbe, Akin Tunde Ademola ^b   Nyan, Ousman ^c   Jallow, Bintou ^d   Omigbodun, Akinyinka O ^b  

^a Department of Child Health   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA   (Gambia)

^d Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Careers; Choices; Medical students; Specialties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIALIZATION; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALIZATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84864546467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-72     Document Type: Article

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