Medical students and rural general practitioners: Congruent views on the reality of recruitment into rural medicine

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-20

  Eley, Diann ^a   Young, Louise ^a   Shrapnel, Marilyn ^a   Wilkinson, David ^a   Baker, Peter ^a   Hegney, Desley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medical students' perception; Recruitment and retention of general practitioner; Rural general practitioner; Rural workforce issue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKILL; UNIVERSITY; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33846261880     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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