International Issues: Neurology training in Pakistan My experience as a neurology resident

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Elkind, Mitchell S V ^b   Usman, Uzma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; JOB EXPERIENCE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NIGHT WORK; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN INCOME; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STROKE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY;

HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEUROLOGY; PAKISTAN;

EID: 65249093062     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000345358.02467.f2     Document Type: Article

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