Advances in rural medical education in three countries: Canada, the United States and Australia

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-415

  Tesson, Geoffrey ^a   Curran, Vernon ^b   Pong, Raymond ^a   Strasser, Roger ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical curriculum; Medical education; Rural health; Rural recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28044464261     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576280500289728     Document Type: Article

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