The Queensland health rural generalist pathway: Providing a medical workforce for the bush

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Sen Gupta, T K ^a   Manahan, D L ^b   Lennox, D R ^b   Taylor, N L ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Generalism; Pathway; Queensland; Rural generalist; Rural medical education; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905715938     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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