What is medicine? Recruiting high-school students into family medicine

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue MAR., 2006, Pages 329-334

  Bly, Jared ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREER; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALBERTA; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS;

EID: 33645896411     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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