Undergraduate Rural Medical Education Program Development: Focus Group Consultation With the NRHA Rural Medical Educators Group

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-238

  Downey, Laura H ^a   Wheat, John R ^b   Leeper, James D ^b   Florence, Joseph A ^c   Boulger, James G ^d   Hunsaker, Matt L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Family medicine; Physician supply; Qualitative research; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79953272738     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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