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Career intentions and perceptions of general practice on entry to medical school: baseline findings of a longitudinal survey at three UK universities

Richard Darnton, Efthalia Massou, James Brimicombe, John Kinnear, Roger Tisi, Alys Burns, Diana F Wood and Paul O Wilkinson
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (6): BJGPO.2021.0120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0120
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vol. 5 no. 6 BJGPO.2021.0120
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https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0120
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34475020

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  • Received June 28, 2021
  • Accepted August 26, 2021
  • Published online December 14, 2021.

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  1. Richard Darnton, Dr1,*,
  2. Efthalia Massou, Dr1,
  3. James Brimicombe1,
  4. John Kinnear, Prof2,
  5. Roger Tisi, Dr2,
  6. Alys Burns, Prof3,
  7. Diana F Wood, Dr4 and
  8. Paul O Wilkinson, Dr4
  1. 1 Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  2. 2 School of Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
  3. 3 Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
  4. 4 School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Richard Darnton, rmd61{at}medschl.cam.ac.uk
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BJGP Open 2021; 5 (6): BJGPO.2021.0120. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0120
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