The satisfaction, motivation, and future of community preceptors: The North Carolina experience

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 698-703

  Latessa, Robyn ^a,b,c,e   Beaty, Norma ^b   Landis, Suzanne ^a,b   Colvin, Gaye ^b   Janes, Cynthia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mountain Area Health Education Center   (United States)

^c MAHEC Division of Family Medicine   (United States)

^d Mountain Area Health Education Center ^*

^e MAHEC Family Practice Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SATISFACTION;

EID: 34347361579     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318067483c     Document Type: Article

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