Engaging rural preceptors in new longitudinal community clerkships during workforce shortage: A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hudson, Judith N ^a   Weston, Kathryn M ^a   Farmer, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

community based education; longitudinal clinical clerkships; medical education; preceptor recruitment; qualitative research; rural health; workforce maldistribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053363708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-103     Document Type: Article

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