A scoping review of the association between rural medical education and rural practice location

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Farmer, Jane ^a   Kenny, Amanda ^a   McKinstry, Carol ^a   Huysmans, Richard D ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Raven Consulting Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctors; Education; Graduate; Medical; Rural

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 85019209024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-015-0017-3     Document Type: Article

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