Factors associated with attainment of specialty board qualifications and doctor of medical science degrees among Japanese female doctors

Academic Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1173-1180

  Chatani, Yuki ^a   Nomura, Kyoko ^b   Ishiguro, Aya ^b,c   Jagsi, Reshma ^d  

^a SAITAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTAL LEAVE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTAL LEAVE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREGNANCY; SPECIALTY BOARDS;

EID: 84973370401     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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