Improving the recruitment and retention of doctors by training medical students locally

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1121-1129

  Landry, Michel ^a,c   Schofield, Aurel ^a,c   Bordage, Rachel ^a,b   Bélanger, Mathieu ^a,d  

^a Dieppe Family Medicine Unit   (Canada)

^b Université de Moncton   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEW BRUNSWICK; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 80054037696     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04055.x     Document Type: Article

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