One-two rural residency tracks in family practice: Are they getting the job done?

Family Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 90-93

  Rosenthal, Thomas C ^a   McGuigan, M Holmes ^a   Osborne, Jason ^a   Holden, David M ^b   Parsons, Mary Alice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Accreditation Cncl Grad Med Educ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CRITICAL CARE; DERMATOLOGY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MINORITY GROUPS; OBSTETRICS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SURGERY; TEACHING; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; UNIVERSITIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031935713     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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