Family medicine as a career option: How students’ attitudes changed during medical school

Cheri Bethune; Penelope A. Hansen; Diana Deacon; Katrina Hurley; Allison Kirby; Marshall Godwin

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Family medicine as a career option

How students’ attitudes changed during medical school

Cheri Bethune, Penelope A. Hansen, Diana Deacon, Katrina Hurley, Allison Kirby and Marshall Godwin

Canadian Family Physician May 2007; 53 (5) 880-885;

Cheri Bethune

, , , , and teach in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St John’s. is a resident in emergency medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS

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Penelope A. Hansen

, , , , and teach in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St John’s. is a resident in emergency medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS

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Diana Deacon

, , , , and teach in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St John’s. is a resident in emergency medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS

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Katrina Hurley

, , , , and teach in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St John’s. is a resident in emergency medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS

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Allison Kirby

, , , , and teach in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St John’s. is a resident in emergency medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS

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Marshall Godwin

, , , , and teach in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St John’s. is a resident in emergency medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS

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