Preparedness for rural community leadership and its impact on practice location of family medicine graduates

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-7

  Woloschuk, Wayne ^a   Crutcher, Rodney ^a   Szafran, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Curriculum; Family medicine resident; Practice location; Preparedness for rural practice; Rural background

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; LEADERSHIP; LIFESTYLE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 17144428995     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2004.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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