Effect of generalist preceptor specialty in a third-year clerkship on career choice

Family Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 673-677

  Gazewood, John D ^a   Owen, John ^a   Rollins, Lisa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRECEPTORSHIP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0036795573     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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