A comprehensive medical education program response to rural primary care needs

Academic Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 952-961

  Glasser, Michael ^a   Hunsaker, Matthew ^a,b   Sweet, Kimberly ^a   MacDowell, Martin ^a   Meurer, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b RMED Program

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL WELFARE; ADULT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54449095098     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181850a02     Document Type: Review

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