'It's really, really good, but it could be a lot better': Qualitative evaluation of a rural clinical school, four years on

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Denz Penhey, Harriet ^a   Murdoch, J Campbell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT SATISFACTION;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 70449127991     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590902849537     Document Type: Article

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