Does a brief clerkship change Hong Kong medical students' ideas about general practice?

Medical Education

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 339-347

  Dixon, A S ^a,b   Lam, C L K ^b   Lam, T P ^b  

^a General Practice Unit   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitude; Bias; Clinical clerkship; Communication; Education; Family practice; Hong Kong; Medical; Students; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0034057550     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2000.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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