A decade of Australian Rural Clinical School graduates - where are they and why?

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Eley, D S ^a   Synnott, R ^a   Baker, P G ^a   Chater, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Longitudinal design; Mixed methods design; Rural clinical school; Rural medical recruitment; Rural medical retention; Rural medical workforce; Rural undergraduate training; Tracking medical students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIZATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84862611092     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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