The Appalachian Preceptorship: Over two decades of an integrated clinical-classroom experience of rural medicine and Appalachian culture

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 717-723

  Lang, Forrest ^a,b   Ferguson, Kaethe P ^b   Bennard, Bruce ^b   Zahorik, Pamela ^b   Sliger, Carolyn ^b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22944473621     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200508000-00002     Document Type: Review

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