Factors Influencing US Allopathic Medical Students to Choose Pathology as a Specialty

Factors Influencing US Allopathic Medical Students to Choose Pathology as a Specialty

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the crucial role of pathologists in the health care system at a time of significant decline in the number of US medical students matching to pathology residency positions. To understand this decline, a national survey of fourth-year US allopathic medical stude...

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Main Authors:	Cindy B. McCloskey MD, Kristen Johnson PhD, Mark Brissette MD, Richard Conran MD, PhD, JD, John Childs MD, Melissa George DO, Dita Gratzinger MD, PhD, Victor G. Prieto MD, PhD, Amyn M. Rojiani MD, PhD, Irene Shyu MD, Charles Timmons MD, PhD, Robert Hoffman MD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:	Academic Pathology
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1177/2374289520951924

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