A longitudinal, national study of the effect of implementing a required third-year family practice clerkship or a department of family medicine on the selection of family medicine by medical students

Academic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1016-1020

  Campos Outcalt, Douglas ^a,c   Senf, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Maricopa County Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032859482     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199909000-00016     Document Type: Article

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