Medical students' orientation towards rural general practice: Results from an exploratory study of a Scottish cohort

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 463-467

  Farmer, Jane ^a,b   Iversen, Lisa ^b   Bond, Christine ^b   Duthie, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Management ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0345276469     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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