Factors Influencing Medical Students to Choose Primary Care or Non-primary Care Specialties.

Rogers, Laura Q.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ416754

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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Factors Influencing Medical Students to Choose Primary Care or Non-primary Care Specialties.

Rogers, Laura Q.; And Others

Academic Medicine, v65 n9 suppl pS47-48 Sep 1990

A questionnaire was administered to 339 graduating senior medical students at the Medical College of Georgia to determine different potential sources of influence on career choice. Indebtedness may be associated with the choice of a non-primary care specialty with greater remuneration than primary care specialty. (MLW)

Descriptors: Career Choice, Costs, Debt (Financial), Decision Making, Family Practice (Medicine), Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Internal Medicine, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Medical Students, Pediatrics, Primary Health Care, Questionnaires, Specialization, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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