Medical School Ranking and Medical Student Vocational Identity

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 123-129

  Ravella, Krishna C ^a   Curlin, Farr A ^a   Yoon, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

school ranking; social mission; vocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928565599     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2015.1011644     Document Type: Article

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