Increasing medical student interest in general practice in New Zealand: Where to from here?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1315, 2010, Pages 12-19

  Poole, Phillippa ^a   Bourke, David ^b   Shulruf, Boaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEW ZEALAND; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77952900330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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