Postgraduate career intentions of medical students and recent graduates in Malawi: A qualitative interview study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bailey, Nicola ^a   Mandeville, Kate L ^b   Rhodes, Tim ^b   Mipando, Mwapatsa ^c   Muula, Adamson S ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Doctors; Emigration; Malawi; Medical students; Postgraduate education; Rural health; Specialisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CAREER CHOICE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICINE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84866157102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-87     Document Type: Review

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