Practice intentions of clinical associate students at the University of Pretoria, South Africa

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Moodley, S V ^a   Wolvaardt, L ^a   Louw, M ^a   Hugo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clinical associate program; Human resources for health; Practice preferences; Rural practice intention; Study intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907151690     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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