Undergraduate surgery clerkship and the choice of surgery as a career: Perspective from a developing country

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2094-2100

  Ekenze, S O ^a   Ugwumba, F O ^a   Obi, U M ^a   Ekenze, O S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882677592     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2073-y     Document Type: Article

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