Impact of the University of California, Los Angeles/Charles R. Drew University Medical Education Program on medical students' intentions to practice in underserved areas

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 803-808

  Ko, Michelle ^a,b   Edelstein, Ronald A ^c   Heslin, Kevin C ^c   Rajagopalan, Shobita ^c   Wilkerson, LuAnn ^b   Colburn, Lois ^d   Grumbach, Kevin ^e  

^a David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 24144502015     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200509000-00004     Document Type: Article

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