Student career choice in psychiatry: Findings from 18 UK medical schools

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 438-444

  Halder, Neel ^a,b   Hadjidemetriou, Christiana ^c   Pearson, Rachel ^d   Farooq, Kitty ^e   Lydall, Gregory J ^f   Malik, Amit ^g   Bhugra, Dinesh ^h  

^a Department of Psychology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Foundation Year 2 Trainee   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f Castel Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^g SURREY AND BORDERS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884264318     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2013.824414     Document Type: Article

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