The impact of interest: How do family medicine interest groups influence medical students?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kerr, Jonathan R ^a,c   Seaton, M Bianca ^b   Zimcik, Heather ^b   McCabe, Jennifer ^b   Feldman, Kymm ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b U of T

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CANADA; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 38849128030     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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