Back in the day. What are surgeon bloggers saying about their careers?

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-31

  Knox, Aaron D C ^a   Reddy, Shalini ^b   Mema, Briseida ^c   Demoya, Marc ^d   Cilli Turner Ma, Emily ^e   Harris, Ilene ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

blogging; career choice; professional burnout; qualitative research; surgery; workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

BLOGGING; CAREER CHOICE; INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS; PROFESSIONAL BURNOUT; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURGERY; SYSTEMS-BASED PRACTICE; WORKFORCE;

BLOGGING; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREER CHOICE; EMOTIONS; GENERAL SURGERY; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892366271     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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