Infectious diseases subspecialty: Declining demand challenges and opportunities

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1593-1598

  Chandrasekar, Pranatharthi ^a   Havlichek, Daniel ^b   Johnson, Leonard B ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Declining demand; Fellowship; Infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFECTION; JOB MARKET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924351660     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu656     Document Type: Review

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