Are rural placements positively associated with rural intentions in medical graduates?

Medical Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 405-416

  Jones, Michael P ^a,b   Bushnell, John A ^c   Humphreys, John S ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897710196     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12399     Document Type: Article

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