Medical students' perceptions of rural practice following a rural clerkship

Family Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 336-340

  Blue, Amy V ^a,c   Chessman, Alexander W ^a   Geesey, Mark E ^a   Garr, David R ^a   Kern, Donna H ^a   White, Andrea W ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK;

ATTITUDE; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543055948     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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