Training for rural practice: Are graduates of a UBC program well prepared?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue JUNE, 1996, Pages 1113-1121

  Whiteside, Carl ^a   Mathias, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CURRICULUM; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0030163238     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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