Using CanMEDS to guide international health electives: An enriching experience in Uganda defined for a Canadian surgery resident

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 289-295

  Goecke, Michelle E ^a   Kanashiro, Jeanie ^a   Kyamanywa, Patrick ^b   Hollaar, Gwendolyn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Mbarara University Teaching Hospital   (Uganda)

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EID: 49449085450     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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