Choice of vascular surgery as a specialty: Survey of vascular surgery residents, general surgery chief residents, and medical students at hospitals with vascular surgery training programs

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 978-984

  Calligaro, Keith D ^a,d   Dougherty, Matthew J ^a   Sidawy, Anton N ^b   Cronenwett, Jack L ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PA 19106 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 8844286855     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.08.036     Document Type: Article

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