Development of the Rural Immersion Programme for 5th-year medical students at the University of Otago

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1323, 2010, Pages 16-23

  Farry, Patrick ^a   Adams, John ^b   Walters, Lucie ^c   Worley, Paul ^d   Dovey, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FUNDING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; RURAL AREA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77958057433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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