Medical student selection in New Zealand: Looking to the future

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1306, 2009, Pages 88-100

  Poole, Phillippa J ^a   Moriarty, Helen J ^b   Wearn, Andy M ^c   Wilkinson, Tim J ^d   Weller, Jennifer M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTICE; MAORI; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDER; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDENT RECRUITMENT; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; NEW ZEALAND; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649085809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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