Likelihood of Contact with AIDS Patients as a Factor in Medical Students' Residency Selections.

Ness, Roberta; And Others

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Publication Date: 1989

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Likelihood of Contact with AIDS Patients as a Factor in Medical Students' Residency Selections.

Ness, Roberta; And Others

Academic Medicine, v64 n10 p588-94 Oct 1989

Analysis of results from the National Resident Matching Program from 1980, 1983, and 1987 show students seeking categorical surgery residencies were less likely to be matched with programs in high-density Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome areas. Implications for medical education are examined. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Career Choice, Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education, Medical Students, Physician Patient Relationship, Professional Education, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data

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