"Where have all the students gone" Retaining medical school graduates through educational innovations

Education for Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-285

  Urbina, Christopher ^a   Solan, Brian ^a,b   Counsellor, Aleksandra ^a   Mines, Jan ^a   Serna, Lisa ^a   Kalishman, Summers ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Medical; Preceptorship; Primary care health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

CAREER CHOICE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEW MEXICO; PRECEPTORSHIP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0344826481     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576280310001607451     Document Type: Article

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