Doctors becoming GPs: GP registrars' experience of medical training and motivations for going into general practice

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-82

  Lucas, Helen ^a,b   Hagelskamp, Carolin ^b   Scammell, Amy ^b  

^a Bolingbroke Hospital London   (United Kingdom)

^b Battersea Research Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; General practice; General practice registrars; General practitioners; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; REWARD; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 1342311927     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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