Global health training and international clinical rotations during residency: Current status, needs, and opportunities

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 320-325

  Drain, Paul K ^a   Holmes, King K ^b   Skeff, Kelley M ^a   Hall, Thomas L ^c,d   Gardner, Pierce ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Global Health Education Consortium   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; ARTICLE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 63249095345     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181970a37     Document Type: Review

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