International health electives: Thematic results of student and professional interviews

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 683-689

  Petrosoniak, Andrew ^a   McCarthy, Anne ^b   Varpio, Lara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77953737455     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03688.x     Document Type: Article

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