Impact of the rural clinical school of Western Australia on work location of medical graduates

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 104-107

  Playford, Denese E ^a   Evans, Sharon F ^a   Atkinson, David N ^a   Auret, Kirsten A ^a   Riley, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; RURAL AREA; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84893335691     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.11082     Document Type: Article

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