Indigenous Australian medical students' perceptions of their medical school training

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1047-1055

  Garvey, Gail ^a   Rolfe, Isobel E ^b   Pearson, Sallie Anne ^c   Treloar, Carla ^d  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; COURSE CONTENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; SUPPORT GROUP;

CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 72449136382     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03519.x     Document Type: Article

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