Capacity building through research and educational collaboration: A report of a UK - Sri Lanka collaboration

Practical Diabetes International

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 350-352

  Dissanayake, A ^a,b   Idampitiya, C A ^b,c   Amarasinghe, A ^d   Thomson, G A ^b   Fernando, Devaka J S ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b SHERWOOD FOREST HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c National Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^e SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Collaborative partnerships; Diabetes; Education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SRI LANKA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33750698238     PISSN: 13578170     EISSN: 1528252X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1008     Document Type: Article

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