Does community‐based experience alter career preference? New evidence from a prospective longitudinal cohort study of undergraduate medical students

Previous studies have shown that most medical students want a hospital‐based career, but the protagonists of community‐based teaching predict that increased community exposure within undergraduate curricula will alter subsequent career preferences.

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