Junior doctors' perceptions of their preparedness for hospital work: Support for the rural clinical school model as a key to better preparation

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-110

  Eley, Diann S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; GRADUATE STUDENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUEENSLAND; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77949887841     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03436.x     Document Type: Letter

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