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Peer reviewedRogers, Laura Q.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
A questionnaire was administered to 339 graduating senior medical students at the Medical College of Georgia to determine different potential sources of influence on career choice. Indebtedness may be associated with the choice of a non-primary care specialty with greater remuneration than primary care specialty. (MLW)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Costs, Debt (Financial), Decision Making
Peer reviewedTalley, Robert C. – Academic Medicine, 1990
It is proposed that medical schools recruit students from rural areas, have them choose family practice, and train them in rural settings. Specific recommendations for improving content and context of rural medical care education are made, including merging internal medicine, family practice, and pediatrics as a single primary care specialty.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
