What factors influence British medical students' career intentions?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1064-1072

  Ibrahim, Michael ^a   Fanshawe, Angela ^a   Patel, Vanash ^a   Goswami, Karan ^a   Chilvers, Geoffrey ^a   Ting, Michelle ^a   Pilavakis, Yiannis ^a   Rao, Christopher ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84910683904     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2014.923560     Document Type: Article

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