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. 1988 May;34:1057–1060.

Postgrad Education for Rural Family Practice

James Rourke
PMCID: PMC2219095  PMID: 21253168

Abstract

In this article, the author sketches the rural family-practice setting and outlines the postgraduate educational needs of rural family physicians. He then identifies some of the problems and deficiencies that currently exist and puts forward some recommendations.

Keywords: family medicine, rural practice, postgraduate education

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