Where are they now?: The career paths of the Remote Vocational Training Scheme registrars

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-56

  Wearne, Susan ^a,b   Giddings, Patrick ^a   McLaren, Jeanette ^a   Gargan, Catherine ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Remote Vocational Training Scheme ^*

Author keywords

Distance; Education; Medical; Rural health; Rural health services; Vocational education graduate education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 77954645886     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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