International medical electives undertaken by Australian medical students: Current trends and future directions

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 324-326

  Law, Iain R ^a   Worley, Paul S ^a   Langham, Freya J ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Medical Students' Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL ELECTIVES; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SCHOOLS OUTCOMES DATABASE; MEDICAL STUDENT; TREND STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84876254716     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.11463     Document Type: Article

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