Career and professional satisfaction of oral and maxillofacial surgery residents, academic surgeons, and private practitioners: Does gender matter?

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 75-86

  Marti, Kyriaki C ^a   Lanzon, Jesse ^b   Edwards, Sean P ^a   Inglehart, Marita R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced dental education; Career satisfaction; Gender; Job satisfaction; Oral and maxillofacial surgery; Residents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL SURGEON; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; POSTAL MAIL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RESIDENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE;

ADULT; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015350143     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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