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ERIC Number: EJ421606
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-2446
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Investigating Whether Medical Students' Intolerance of Ambiguity Is Associated with Their Specialty Selections.
DeForge, Bruce R.; Sobal, Jeffery
Academic Medicine, v66 n1 p49-51 Jan 1991
A longitudinal study of 175 students entering the University of Maryland Medical School in 1982 found initial specialty preference a poor predictor of later specialty choice, and intolerance of ambiguity was not significantly associated with either initial medical specialty preferences or choices at graduation despite dramatic specialty changes during medical school. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Career Choice, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Medical Education, Medical Students, Professional Education, Specialization, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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