Impact of Procedural Training on Pregnancy Outcomes and Career Satisfaction in Female Postgraduate Medical Trainees in the United States

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 411-418.e2

  Davids, Jennifer S ^a   Scully, Rebecca E ^b   Melnitchouk, Nelya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTAL LEAVE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTAL LEAVE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85021277353     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.05.018     Document Type: Article

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