The influence of achievement before, during and after medical school on physician job satisfaction

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 581-595

  Schmit Jongbloed, Lodewijk J ^a   Schönrock Adema, Johanna ^a   Borleffs, Jan C C ^a   Stewart, Roy E ^a   Cohen Schotanus, Janke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

First choice; High achievers; Job satisfaction; Performance; Physicians; Preferred specialty; Prior achievements

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84907861146     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: 15731677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-013-9489-x     Document Type: Article

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