The John Flynn Placement Program: Evidence for repeated rural exposure for medical students

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 147-153

  Young, Louise ^a   Kent, Lachlan ^a   Walters, Lucie ^a  

^a Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community experience; Longitudinal program; Medical student; Rural recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956285794     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2011.01201.x     Document Type: Article

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