Developing a rural workforce through medical education: Lessons from down under

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Eley, Diann ^a   Young, Louise ^a   Baker, Peter ^a   Wilkinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 41149105369     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401330701542677     Document Type: Article

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