Factors affecting career preferences of medical students at the College of Medicine, Malawi

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 249-251

  Yeganeh Arani, Erfan ^a   Chandratilake, Madawa ^b   Muula, Adamson S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84859192646     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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