Are personal digital assistants an acceptable incentive for rural community-based preceptors?

Family Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 727-733

  Scott, Ian ^a   Wilson, Cheryl ^a   Gowans, Margot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; REWARD; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRECEPTORSHIP; REWARD; RURAL POPULATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 27744448350     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: 07423225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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