Learning procedural skills in family medicine residency: Comparison of rural and urban programs

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue MAY, 2006, Pages 622-623

  Goertzen, James ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANADA; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; EPISTAXIS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; INTUBATION; KNEE; LABOR; LEARNING; PLASTER CAST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SHOULDER; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHER; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; WALKING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; ONTARIO; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33745206050     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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