Educational Debt and Reported Career Plans among Internal Medicine Residents
Annals of Internal MedicinePublished 16 September 2008
Furman S. McDonald, Colin P. West, Carol Popkave, Joseph C. Kolars
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The association of educational debt with reported career plans among a national cross section of internal medicine residents in their final year of training is assessed to assess the impact of debt on the decision to subspecialize amonginternal medicine residents.
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Educational debt is associated with differences in reported career plans among internal medicine residents.
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