Rural pharmacy in New Zealand: Effects of a compulsory externship on student perspectives and implications for workforce shortage

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 150-155

  Capstick, Stuart ^a   Beresford, Rosemary ^a   Gray, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Externship; Recruitment; Rural pharmacy; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ALLIED HEALTH STUDENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDENT RETENTION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHARMACISTS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 43449119253     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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