Gender differences in medical students’ motives and career choice
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Gender differences in medical students’ motives and career choice
BACKGROUND The main subject is the influence of gender and the stage of life on the choice of specialty in medical education. In particular we looked at the influence of intrinsic and external motives on this relationship. The choice of specialty was divided into two moments: the choice between medical specialties and general practice; and the preference within medical specialties. In earlier s...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Education
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-82