Assessment of an undergraduate psychiatry course in an African setting

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Baig, Benjamin J ^a   Beaglehole, Anna ^a   Stewart, Robert C ^a   Boeing, Leonie ^a   Blackwood, Douglas H ^a   Leuvennink, Johan ^a   Kauye, Felix ^b,c  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COURSE EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHIATRY; SCHOOL; STANDARD; TEACHING; ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALAWI; MALE; METHODOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; MALAWI; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRY; SCOTLAND;

EID: 43549088593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-23     Document Type: Article

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