Duration of rural training during residency: Rural family physicians prefer 6 months;La durée de la formation rurale pendant la résidence: Les médecins de famille ruraux préfèrent 6 mois

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue FEB., 2006, Pages 210-211

  Chan, Benjamin T B ^a,b,c,d   Degani, Naushaba ^a   Crichton, Tom ^e   Pong, Raymond W ^f   Rourke, James T ^g,h   Goertzen, James ⁱ   McCready, Bill ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Health Quality Council   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^h MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EXPOSURE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PHYSICIANS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744483997     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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