Locum practice by recent family medicine graduates

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Myhre, Douglas L ^a,b   Konkin, Jill ^a,c   Woloschuk, Wayne ^b   Szafran, Olga ^c   Hansen, Chantal ^b   Crutcher, Rodney ^d  

^a Health Sciences Centre ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALBERTA; CAREER CHOICE; CONTRACT SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77952995100     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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