Characteristics of Medical Schools Related to the Choice of Family Medicine as a Specialty.

Campos-Outcalt, Doug; Senf, Janet H.

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ERIC Number: EJ397978

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Publication Date: 1989

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Characteristics of Medical Schools Related to the Choice of Family Medicine as a Specialty.

Campos-Outcalt, Doug; Senf, Janet H.

Academic Medicine, v64 n10 p610-15 Oct 1989

Five medical school characteristics previously identified as related to choice of family practice as a specialty were examined, with tuition level, for relationship to specialty choice among U.S. medical graduates between July 1986 and December 1987. Only two of the factors were found to be statistically relevant. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Career Choice, Family Practice (Medicine), Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Medical Schools, Professional Education, Specialization, Student Attitudes, Tuition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data

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Language: English

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