Recent trends in resident career choices after plastic surgery training

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 694-697

  Herrera, Fernando A ^a   Chang, Eric I ^b   Suliman, Ahmed ^c   Tseng, Charles Y ^c   Bradley, James P ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career Choice; Plastic Surgery Training Pathway; Practice Patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MILITARY MEDICINE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RISK; UNITED STATES; TRENDS;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; ODDS RATIO; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879075758     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182863669     Document Type: Article

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