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Why a Medical Career and What Makes a Good Doctor? Beliefs of Incoming United States Medical Students

Ralph Gillies1 PhD, Associate Professor, rgillies@mcg.edu
Peter Warren2 MS, Research Associate, pwarren@mcg.edu
Erick Messias3 MD, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, emessias@mcg.edu
William Salazar4 MD, Profesor, wsalazar@mcg.edu
Peggy Wagner5 PhD, Professor, pwagner@mcg.edu
Thomas Huff6 MD, Professor Emeritus, thuff@mcg.edu

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA.

Correspondence: R Gillies, HB 3041 Medical College of Georgia, Augusta GA, 30912-3500 

Author contribution: Ralph A Gillies: literature review, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts. Peter R Warren: supervised data collection, input data, contributed to drafts. Erick Messias: designed the project, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts. William H Salazar: statistical analysis, contributed to drafts. Peggy J Wagner: original concept, devised survey tool, supervised data collection, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts. Thomas A Huff: original concept, devised survey tool, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts.

Citation: Gillies RA, Warren PR, Messias E, Salazar WH, Wagner PJ, Huff TA.  Why a Medical Career and What Makes a Good Doctor? Beliefs of Incoming United States Medical Students. Education for Health 9 (online), 2009: no. 331. Available from: http://www.educationforhealth.net

Received: 27 March 2009
Revised: 31 July 2009
Accepted: 1 December 2009
   
 

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