Career choices of the United Kingdom medical graduates of 2005, 2008 and 2009: Questionnaire surveys

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 365-375

  Svirko, Elena ^a   Goldacre, Michael J ^a   Lambert, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84877037372     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.746450     Document Type: Review

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