Do required preclinical courses with family physicians encourage interest in family medicine?

Family Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 579-584

  Hill Sakurai, Laura E ^a   Schillinger, Erika ^c   Rittenhouse, Diane R ^a   Fahrenbach, Ruth ^b   Hudes, Esther S ^a   LeBaron, Samuel ^c   Shore, William B ^a   Hearst, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Dept of Fam and Community Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT T TEST; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042735232     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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