Current interest in careers in surgery and cardiothoracic surgery from the millennial generation

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 668-673

  Ghannam, Michael ^a   Zhao, Lili ^a   Reddy, Rishindra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiothoracic surgery; education; millennial generation; outreach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREER; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX SURGERY; AGE; DECISION MAKING; MEDICINE; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906060857     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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