Rural practice and the personal and educational characteristics of medical students: Survey of 1269 graduates of the University of Manitoba

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Tate, Robert B ^a,b   Aoki, Fred Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Manitoba Follow up Study ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84870012680     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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