Medical Career Choice: Current Status of Research Literature.

Davis, Wayne K.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ427384

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Medical Career Choice: Current Status of Research Literature.

Davis, Wayne K.; And Others

Teaching and Learning in Medicine, v2 n3 p130-38 1990

A review of research found that despite limitations in research methodology, data support relationships between medical students' career choices and sociodemographic student characteristics, personality traits and attitudes, medical school characteristics, specialty program characteristics, and occupational information available. Research on stability of career choice is also discussed. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Demography, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Occupational Information, Personality Traits, Physicians, Professional Education, Program Design, Research Methodology, Social Influences, Student Attitudes

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Language: English

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