The effect of a medical school's admission and curriculum policies on increasing the number of physicians in primary care specialties

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-295

  Barnhart, Janice ^a,b   Shekelle, Paul ^c,d   Lewis, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Vet Aff Hlth Serv R D Serv   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029872717     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199603000-00025     Document Type: Article

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