Does a rural educational experience influence students' likelihood of rural practice? Impact of student background and gender

Medical Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 241-247

  Woloschuk, Wayne ^a,b   Tarrant, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career choice; Clinical clerkships; Education, medical standards; Residence characteristics; Rural health services; Sex factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA;

ALBERTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036125264     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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