Medical students' attitudes toward underserved populations: Changing associations with choice of primary care versus non-primary care residency

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 438-447

  Wayne, Sharon ^a   Timm, Craig ^b   Serna, Lisa ^a   Solan, Brian ^c   Kalishman, Summers ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Undergraduate Medical Education ^*  (Australia)

^c Family and Community Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Medical residency; Primary care; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952892692     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0317     Document Type: Article

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