The impact of evidence-based education on a perinatal capacity-building initiative in Macedonia

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-447

  Jeffery, Heather E ^a   Kocova, Mirjana ^b   Tozija, Fimka ^b   Gjorgiev, Dragan ^b   Pop Lazarova, Marina ^b   Foster, Kirsty ^a   Polverino, Jan ^a   Hill, David A ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Finance   (Macedonia)

^c Department of Medical Education ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Education, medical, continuing *methods; Evidence based medicine *education; Health personnel *education; Macedonia (Republic); Perinatal mortality *trends prevention and control; Programme evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NEONATOLOGY; NURSE; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; SKILL; TEACHING; TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); PERINATOLOGY;

EID: 1842734441     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2004.01785.x     Document Type: Article

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