Career intentions of medical students trained in six Sub-Saharan African countries

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Burch, V C ^a   McKinley, D ^b   van Wyk, J ^c   Kiguli Walube, S ^d   Cameron, D ^e   Cilliers, F J ^f   Longombe, A O ^g   Mkony, C ^h   Okoromah, C ⁱ   Otieno Nyunya, B ^j   Morahan, P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KISANGANI   (Congo)

^h MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^j MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

Career choice; Clinical practice location; Medical migration; Medical students; Medical workforce; Retention; Rural practice; Sub Saharan Africa; Undergraduate medical training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555204788     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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