Scientific letters
Career plans of final-year medical students in South Africa
Abstract
There is strong international evidence that students of rural origin, and those with intent to practice rural medicine, are more likely to practice in rural settings after graduation. The purpose of this study was to survey final year medical students about their career plans and the influences on those plans, in order to describe implications for the future training of doctors in South Africa.
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Elma de Vries, Family Medicine, UCT
James Irlam, Primary Health Care Directorate, University of Cape Town (UCT),
Ian Couper, Division of Rural Health, University of Witwatersrand
Saul Kornik, Africa Health Placements (AHP)
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Date published: 2010-03-30
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