A survey of factors influencing career preference in new-entrant and exiting medical students from four UK medical schools

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cleland, Jennifer A ^a   Johnston, Peter W ^b   Anthony, Micheal ^a   Khan, Nadir ^a   Scott, Neil W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904529861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-151     Document Type: Review

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