A qualitative study of medical students' attitudes to careers in general practice

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-73

  Edgcumbe, Daniel P ^a   Lillicrap, Mark S ^b   Benson, John A ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Career development; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 39149111598     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2008.11493651     Document Type: Article

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