Increasing rural activity and curriculum content in the Adelaide university medical school

The Australian journal of rural health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 220-228

  Laurence, Caroline ^a,b   Newbury, Jonathan ^a   Wilkinson, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036691073     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2002.tb00035.x     Document Type: Article

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