Cultural and communication awareness for general practice registrars who are international medical graduates: A project of CoastCityCountry Training

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-58

  Duncan, Geraldine F ^a,c   Gilbey, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Consultation; Cultural awareness; International medical graduate; Rural workforce

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE PLAYING; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846219416     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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