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Andrus, Len Hughes; Fenley, Mary D. – Journal of Medical Education, 1976
Describes a Family Nurse Practitioner Program that has effectively improved the distribution of primary health care manpower in rural areas. Program characteristics include selection of personnel from areas of need, decentralization of clinical and didactic training sites, competency-based portable curriculum, and circuit-riding institutionally…
Descriptors: External Degree Programs, Geographic Distribution, Higher Education, Medical Education