Perceptions of newly admitted undergraduate medical students on experiential training on community placements and working in rural areas of Uganda

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kaye, Dan K ^a   Mwanika, Andrew ^a   Sekimpi, Patrick ^a   Tugumisirize, Joshua ^a   Sewankambo, Nelson ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953727447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-47     Document Type: Article

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