13:31 Jan 31 

Πάντως και η ελληνική έκφραση δεν εμφανίζει αναφορές στο google. "προσλήφθηκε στο Π.Ι." εμφανίζει μόνο 1. Και δοκίμασα και άλλες παρεμφερείς "προσελήφθη στο Π.Ι.", "προσλήφθηκε στο περιφερειακό ιατρείο" και επίσης δεν εμφανίζουν αναφορές. Βέβαια, καλό εργαλείο το google και οι αναφορές σε αυτό, αλλά δεν είναι και η απόλυτη αρχή. Νομίζω ότι πρέπει να επικεντρωθούμε στο αν μπορεί να αποτυπωθεί η ουσία. Για παράδειγμα, η έκφραση "hired at * hospital" μπορεί να βγάζει χιλιάδες αναφορές, όμως δεν προσλήφθηκε σε νοσοκομείο. Άρα νομίζω ότι πρέπει να επικεντρωθούμε στο ποιος είναι ο καλύτερος δυνατός όρος για να αποδόσει την έννοια του περιφερειακού ιατρείου έτσι όπως χρησιμοποιείται στην Ελλάδα.

13:16 Jan 31 

It sounds wrong because the preposition doesn't fit. However, "was hired by the rural medical practice" and "was employed in the rural medical practice" both sound fine to me. As Sofia and I have both pointed out, "practice" in this case refers to the institution or establishment where a doctor sees patients, not to the performance of a physician's duties. That's why it's quite all right to use it in the plural.

http://www.google.gr/search?q="primary care medical practice...

13:04 Jan 31 

Indeed, "rural medical practice" is correct but not as a location where someone was hired at, which was the point I was trying to make. Since the context is "Mrs. ... was hired at the x" I think "was hired at the Regional Medical Center" is more appropriate. "was hired at the rural medical practice" sounds wrong, I think, in both UK and US English.

19:32 Jan 30 

I don't have any problem with a phrase like "was employed in the rural medical practice of Eratyra". However, this may reflect my British background. In the UK it's common to talk about, for example, "a three-doctor practice", even when referring to the National Health system.

It may be different in the US, and hence in American English, and as for Australian, South African, and so on ... who knows?

I think the "correct" answer to this question will probably depend on the style of English that is required by the end client.

I agree with Eliza that "hired at the rural medical practice" is wrong. No native speaker would ever say that. However "rural medical practice" gets 346,000 hits on Google.

http://www.google.gr/search?q="rural medical practice"