Using rural and remote settings in the undergraduate medical curriculum: AMEE Guide No. 47

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 969-983

  Maley, Moira ^a   Worley, Paul ^b   Dent, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; TAXONOMY; TEACHER;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 70450174766     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590903111234     Document Type: Review

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