The effect of Community Based Education and Service (COBES) on medical graduates' choice of specialty and willingness to work in rural communities in Ghana
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- 作者：Anthony Amalba ; Walther Nicolaas Karel Anton van Mook…
- 关键词：Community ; based education ; Choice of specialty ; Rural placement ; Medical graduates ; Service ; Career choice ; Community
- 刊名：BMC Medical Education
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：448 KB
- 刊物主题：Medical Education; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1472-6920
文摘
Background Career choices and placements of healthcare professionals in rural areas are a major problem worldwide, and their recruitment and retention to these areas have become a challenge to the health sector. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Community Based Education and Service (COBES) on medical graduates' choice of specialty and willingness to work in a rural area.