Rural medical students' self-reported perceptions of preparedness to practice in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Context
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Pamela Harvey PhD
School of Rural Health, Monash University, Bendigo, Vic., Australia
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Pamela Harvey, School of Rural Health, Monash University, PO Box 666, Bendigo, Victoria 3552, Australia.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorClaire Nightingale PhD
Centre for Health Policy, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorRebecca Kippen PhD
School of Rural Health, Monash University, Bendigo, Vic., Australia
Contribution: Data curation, Formal analysis, Software
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Pamela Harvey PhD
School of Rural Health, Monash University, Bendigo, Vic., Australia
Correspondence
Pamela Harvey, School of Rural Health, Monash University, PO Box 666, Bendigo, Victoria 3552, Australia.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorClaire Nightingale PhD
Centre for Health Policy, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorRebecca Kippen PhD
School of Rural Health, Monash University, Bendigo, Vic., Australia
Contribution: Data curation, Formal analysis, Software
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare there is no conflict of interest.
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