The rural physician associate program: The value of immersion learning for third-year medical students

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-359

  Zink, Therese ^a,b   Halaas, Gwen W ^a,b   Finstad, Deborah ^a   Brooks, Kathleen D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; PEER GROUP; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 52949145317     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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