Medical student characteristics predictive of intent for rural practice

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Royston, P J ^a   Mathieson, K ^a   Leafman, J ^a   Ojan Sheehan, O ^b  

^a A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MBTI; Medical students; Personality types; Rural background; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PARENTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84867887776     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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