The Pan African Medical Journal (Jun 2010)

Specialty preferences among medical students in a Kenyan university

  • Philip Maseghe Mwachaka,
  • Eric Thuo Mbugua

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 18

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BACKGROUND: Although in the recent years gender distribution in medical schools has changed, with the proportion of female medical students drastically increasing, medical specialties continue to have gender disparities. This study aimed at determining gender differences in career choices among medical students in Kenya.

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