Education for rural practice in rural practice

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 10-14

  Strasser, Roger ^a   Couper, Ian ^b   Wynn Jones, John ^c   Rourke, James ^d   Bruce Chater, A ^e   Reid, Steve ^f  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice   (United Kingdom)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Medical education; Primary care; Rural practice

Indexed keywords

CROATIA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL POPULATION;

CAREER CHOICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84962877321     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2015.1128684     Document Type: Article

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