Gender differences in the choice of a primary care medical specialty
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Gender difference and specialty preference in medical career choice.
PURPOSE We are entering a new era of medicine in which an equal number of men and women are becoming doctors. Many factors combine in complex and poorly understood ways to influence a medical student's career and choice of specialty. This study investigated the preferences of medical students with regard to specialty and examined differences between genders. METHODS We administered a survey t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Medicine
سال: 1987
ISSN: 1040-2446
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-198707000-00009