Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ518221
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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Withdrawal and Extended Leave during Residency Training: Results of a National Survey.
Baldwin, DeWitt C., Jr.; And Others
Academic Medicine, v70 n12 p1117-24 Dec 1995
A survey concerning 2,449 graduate medical students who withdrew and 887 who took extended leave from residencies in the 1991-92 year investigated the reasons for leaving and patterns among residency years, specialties, men and women, and ethnic groups. Comparisons were also made with osteopathic, foreign, and Canadian programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Asian Americans, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Characteristics, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Students, Graduate Medical Education, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Leaves of Absence, National Surveys, Professional Education, Sex Differences, Specialization, Whites, Withdrawal (Education)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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