Career plans of final-year medical students in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 227-228

  de Vries, Elma ^a   Irlam, James ^a   Couper, Ian ^b   Kornik, Saul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Africa Health Placements (AHP)   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77950451931     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.3856     Document Type: Article

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