Efforts to graduate more primary care physicians and physicians who will practice in rural areas: Examining outcomes from the university of Minnesota-Duluth and the rural physician associate program

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 599-604

  Zink, Therese ^a,b   Center, Bruce ^a,b   Finstad, Deborah ^a   Boulger, James G ^a   Repesh, Lillian A ^a   Westra, Ruth ^c   Christensen, Raymond ^a   Brooks, Kathleen Dwyer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

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EID: 77951695766     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d2b537     Document Type: Article

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