Attitudes of undergraduate medical students of Addis Ababa University towards medical practice and migration, Ethiopia

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Deressa, Wakgari ^a   Azazh, Aklilu ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Ababa University   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PHYSICIANS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84864497163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-68     Document Type: Article

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