Ghana postgraduate obstetrics/gynecology collaborative residency training program: Success story and model for Africa

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 692-696

  Klufio, Cecil A ^a   Kwawukume, E Y ^a   Danso, K A ^b   Sciarra, John J ^c   Johnson, Timothy ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Ghana; Postgraduate obstetrics gynecology training program

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GHANA; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141859803     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0002-9378(03)00882-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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